In this paper we study the notion of equivariant forms introduced in the authors' previous works. In particular, we completely classify all the equivariant forms for a subgroup of $\operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$ by means of the cross-ratio, the weight 2 modular forms, the quasimodular forms, as well as differential forms of a Riemann surface and sections of a canonical line bundle.

The purpose of this paper is to solve various differential equations having Eisenstein series as coefficients using various tools and techniques. The solutions are given in terms of modular forms, modular functions, and equivariant forms.

In his ``lost'' notebook, Ramanujan stated two results, which are equivalent to the identities \[ \prod_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{(1-q^n)^5}{(1-q^{5n})} =1-5\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\Big( \sum_{d \mid n} \qu{5}{d} d \Big) q^n \] and \[ q\prod_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{(1-q^{5n})^5}{(1-q^{n})} =\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\Big( \sum_{d \mid n} \qu{5}{n/d} d \Big) q^n. \] We give several more identities of this type.

Let $\Gamma_0$ be a Fuchsian group of the first kind of genus zero and $\Gamma$ be a subgroup of $\Gamma_0$ of finite index of genus zero. We find universal recursive relations giving the $q_{r}$-series coefficients of $j_0$ by using those of the $q_{h_{s}}$-series of $j$, where $j$ is the canonical Hauptmodul for $\Gamma$ and $j_0$ is a Hauptmodul for $\Gamma_0$ without zeros on the complex upper half plane $\mathfrak{H}$ (here $q_{\ell} := e^{2 \pi i z / \ell}$). We find universal recursive formulas for $q$-series coefficients of any modular form on $\Gamma_0^{+}(p)$ in terms of those of the canonical Hauptmodul $j_p^{+}$.

We construct vector-valued modular forms of weight 2 associated to Jacobi-like forms with respect to a symmetric tensor representation of $\G$ by using the method of Kuga and Shimura as well as the correspondence between Jacobi-like forms and sequences of modular forms. As an application, we obtain vector-valued modular forms determined by theta functions and by pseudodifferential operators.

This paper investigates the modularity of three non-rigid Calabi--Yau threefolds with bad reduction at 11. They are constructed as fibre products of rational elliptic surfaces, involving the modular elliptic surface of level 5. Their middle $\ell$-adic cohomology groups are shown to split into two-dimensional pieces, all but one of which can be interpreted in terms of elliptic curves. The remaining pieces are associated to newforms of weight 4 and level 22 or 55, respectively. For this purpose, we develop a method by Serre to compare the corresponding two-dimensional 2-adic Galois representations with uneven trace. Eventually this method is also applied to a self fibre product of the Hesse-pencil, relating it to a newform of weight 4 and level 27.

Let $\FF$ be an orthonormal basis for weight $2$ cusp forms of level $N$. We show that various weighted averages of special values $L(f \tensor \chi, 1)$ over $f \in \FF$ are equal to $4 \pi c + O(N^{-1 + \epsilon})$, where $c$ is an explicit nonzero constant. A previous result of Duke gives an error term of $O(N^{-1/2}\log N)$.

We use the theory of Jacobi-like forms to construct modular forms for a congruence subgroup of $\SL(2,\mathbb{R})$ which can be expressed as linear combinations of products of certain theta functions.

Hecke operators are used to investigate part of the $\E_2$-term of the Adams spectral sequence based on elliptic homology. The main result is a derivation of $\Ext^1$ which combines use of classical Hecke operators and $p$-adic Hecke operators due to Serre.