Mock modular forms as pp-adic modular forms

In this paper, we consider the question of correcting mock modular forms in order to obtain $p$-adic modular forms. In certain cases we show that a mock modular form $M^+$ is a $p$-adic modular form. Furthermore, we prove that otherwise the unique correction of $M^+$ is intimately related to the shadow of $M^+$.Comment: 17 Page

Lifting of Modular Forms

The existence and construction of vector-valued modular forms (vvmf) for any arbitrary Fuchsian group $\mathrm{G}$, for any representation $\rho:\mathrm{G} \longrightarrow \mathrm{GL}_{d}(\mathbb{C})$ of finite image can be established by lifting scalar-valued modular forms of the finite index subgroup $Ker(\rho)$ of $\mathrm{G}$. In this article vvmf are explicitly constructed for any admissible multiplier (representation) $\rho$, see Section 3 for the definition of admissible multiplier. In other words, the following question has been partially answered: For which representations $\rho$ of a given $\mathrm{G}$, is there a vvmf with at least one nonzero component ?Comment: 15 page

Slopes of modular forms

We survey the progress (or lack thereof!) that has been made on some questions about the p-adic slopes of modular forms that were raised by the first author in [Buz05], discuss strategies for making further progress, and examine other related questions.Comment: Final published version (to appear in Proceedings of the 2014 Simons symposium on the trace formula