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Quasiautomorphic forms are isomorphic to vector-valued automorphic forms

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Quasiautomorphic forms over Hecke triangle groups correspond one-to-one with Hecke vector-forms.

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The paper proves that quasiautomorphic forms defined with respect to a Hecke triangle group stand in bijection with a certain class of vector-valued automorphic forms called Hecke vector-forms. It constructs the forward map that turns each quasiautomorphic form into a vector of functions, then verifies that this vector obeys the transformation laws required of automorphic forms when the group generators act. The inverse map is built by using the multiplier system of the vector form to assemble the original quasiautomorphic form, showing that every such vector form comes from exactly one quasiautomorphic form. Because the ordinary modular group is a Hecke triangle group, the same bijection applies directly to quasimodular forms. This means that any result proved for one collection of objects immediately yields a parallel result for the other collection.

Core claim

The central claim is that a natural bijection exists between the space of quasiautomorphic forms over a Hecke triangle group and the space of Hecke vector-forms. The map is defined by sending a quasiautomorphic form to a vector whose entries are suitable transformations of it. Functional equations for the vector form are established by checking them on the generators of the group. The inverse is obtained by applying the multiplier system of the Hecke vector-form to recover the quasiautomorphic form.

What carries the argument

The bijection constructed by mapping a quasiautomorphic form to its associated Hecke vector-form and recovering it via the multiplier system.

Load-bearing premise

The multiplier system of the Hecke vector-forms must be compatible with the Hecke triangle group action in a way that makes the inverse map well-defined and exactly recovers each original quasiautomorphic form.

What would settle it

The claim would be falsified by exhibiting a quasiautomorphic form for which the constructed vector fails to satisfy one of the required functional equations, or by finding a Hecke vector-form that does not arise as the image of any quasiautomorphic form under the proposed map.

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We utilize the structure of quasiautomorphic forms over a Hecke triangle group to define a mapping from a quasiautomorphic form to a vector-valued automorphic form (vvaf). This kind of vvaf we call a Hecke vector-form. First we supply a proof of the functional equations that hold for Hecke vector-forms modulo the group generators. Then, utilizing the multiplier system for these Hecke vector-forms, we prove the opposite direction and complete the bijection. Since the modular group is a special instance of the Hecke triangle groups, our results hold for quasimodular forms.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript establishes a bijection between the space of quasiautomorphic forms on a Hecke triangle group and the space of Hecke vector-valued automorphic forms (vvafs). The forward direction defines a map from quasiautomorphic forms to these vector-forms and verifies that it satisfies the defining functional equations when checked against the generators of the group. The reverse direction uses the associated multiplier system to construct an inverse map, completing the isomorphism. The result specializes to the case of quasimodular forms when the group is the modular group.

Significance. If the bijection holds with the required compatibility, the result would supply a concrete structural correspondence between quasiautomorphic forms and a class of vector-valued forms on Hecke triangle groups. This could allow transfer of analytic or arithmetic techniques between the two settings and would extend known relations for the modular group to the broader family of Hecke triangle groups.

major comments (1)
  1. [Construction of the inverse map and proof of the bijection] The forward map is verified to satisfy the functional equations only modulo the generators of the Hecke triangle group. For the inverse map constructed via the multiplier system to yield a genuine vector-valued automorphic form on the full group, the multiplier must be shown to be compatible with the complete set of relations in the group presentation (e.g., S² = 1 and (ST)³ = 1 for the modular-group case). No explicit verification of these relations for the constructed multiplier is supplied beyond the generators; this compatibility is load-bearing for the claim that the inverse recovers a well-defined automorphic form without ambiguity.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Introduction and definitions] Notation for the multiplier system and the precise definition of a Hecke vector-form should be introduced with a dedicated paragraph or displayed equation early in the manuscript to improve readability.
  2. [Final section] The specialization statement for the modular group would benefit from a short explicit corollary stating the resulting bijection for quasimodular forms.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive major comment. We address the point directly below and will incorporate an explicit verification to strengthen the presentation of the bijection.

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  1. Referee: [Construction of the inverse map and proof of the bijection] The forward map is verified to satisfy the functional equations only modulo the group generators. For the inverse map constructed via the multiplier system to yield a genuine vector-valued automorphic form on the full group, the multiplier must be shown to be compatible with the complete set of relations in the group presentation (e.g., S² = 1 and (ST)³ = 1 for the modular-group case). No explicit verification of these relations for the constructed multiplier is supplied beyond the generators; this compatibility is load-bearing for the claim that the inverse recovers a well-defined automorphic form without ambiguity.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit check of compatibility with the full set of relations in the group presentation is desirable for clarity. The manuscript verifies the functional equations on the generators (which generate the group) and constructs the inverse map using the multiplier system associated to the Hecke vector-form. By the definition of the multiplier system arising from the quasiautomorphic form, consistency under the relations is inherited from the transformation properties already established. Nevertheless, to address the referee’s concern directly, we will add a short subsection in the revised version that explicitly verifies the multiplier satisfies the defining relations of the Hecke triangle group (including the analogues of S² = 1 and (ST)³ = 1, as well as the corresponding relations for general Hecke triangle groups). This addition will confirm that the inverse map is unambiguously defined on the entire group. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: derivation proceeds from definitions and group generators to bijection

full rationale

The paper defines a forward map from quasiautomorphic forms to Hecke vector-forms, proves the functional equations hold modulo the generators of the Hecke triangle group, and then uses the multiplier system to construct the inverse map establishing the bijection. This chain relies on explicit verification of the defining properties and compatibility with the group action rather than any self-referential definition, fitted parameter renamed as prediction, or load-bearing self-citation. The extension to the modular group as a special case follows directly from the general construction without reducing the central isomorphism to its inputs by construction. The argument is therefore self-contained against external group-theoretic benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on standard background facts from the theory of Hecke groups and automorphic forms; no free parameters, new entities, or ad-hoc axioms are introduced in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Quasiautomorphic forms over a Hecke triangle group possess a well-defined structure that permits a mapping to vector-valued forms satisfying functional equations under the group generators.
    Invoked at the outset when the mapping is defined.

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