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I've been carrying out some experiments on the computer and I noticed the following congruence phenomenon: fixing a prime $p$, it seems that any modular form over $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ and of weight $k \...

Consider the formal power series $${}_2F_1(1/12,5/12;1;z)^{24}-{}_2F_1(1/12,7/12;1;z)^{24}=-z/3-z^2/2-(320293/559872)z^3-\cdots$$ It follows from a theorem on modular forms that for $p\ge5$ the ...

A sequence of integers $(a_n)_{n\geq 1}$ satisfies Gauss congruence if $$\sum_{d\mid n}\mu(d)a_{n/d}\equiv 0\pmod{n}$$ for every $n\geq 1$. Such sequences are also called Dold sequences, Newton ...

Let $M_2(\Gamma_0(N))$ be the space of weight $2$ modular forms for $\Gamma_0(N)$ and let $f_1, \dots, f_r$ be a basis of normalized eigenforms for $M_2(\Gamma_0(N))$. Given a rational prime $p$, I'll ...

Congruences between modular forms are certainly a big topic in number theory, maybe with $$E_{p-1}\equiv 1 \mod p \qquad \text{for a prime }p\geq 5$$ as the easiest example. Sometimes, $p$ might be ...