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Ja Kyung Koo

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · Mathematics

About the Lab

Professor Ja Kyung Koo's research lab specializes in algebraic number theory, arithmetic geometry, and modular forms, with a focus on ray class fields over imaginary quadratic fields, Siegel-Ramachandra invariants, and their applications to class field theory and Diophantine equations. The lab investigates the arithmetic properties of modular functions, including the elliptic modular function and its relation to Fourier coefficients, and explores the structure of normalizers in PSL(2,R) and generalized Kac-Moody superalgebras. A central theme is the construction of explicit class fields using special values of modular and meromorphic functions.

class field theorymodular formsimaginary quadratic fieldsSiegel-Ramachandra invariantsray class fields

Research Overview

Papers
128
Total Citations
407
Papers (5y)
15
Primary Field
Mathematics

Research Output Trend

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Publications per year (5y)
15total
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Citations per year (5y)
10total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|41 citations·2008
On some arithmetic properties of Siegel functions
Ja Kyung Koo, Dong Hwa Shin
SJR Q1Mathematische Zeitschrift
Algebra and Number TheoryMathematics
2
Article|24 citations·1991
On holomorphic differentials of some algebraic function field of one variable over C
Ja Kyung Koo
SJR Q2Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical SocietyOA

We give holomorphic differentials of some algebraic function field K of complex dimension one which is a generalisation of a hyperelliptic field.

Geometry and TopologyMathematics
3
Article|7 citations·2001
FREUDENTHAL-TYPE MULTIPLICITY FORMULAS FOR GENERALIZED KAC-MOODY SUPERALGEBRAS
Ja Kyung Koo, Young Tak Oh
SJR Q2Communications in Algebra

In this paper we show that the Peterson root multiplicity formula and the Freudenthal weight multiplicity formula can be extended to the case of generalized Kac-Moody superalgebras. Applying these to some modular functions, we derive interesting relations among the Fourier coefficients. In particular, it will be shown that the Fourier coefficients of the elliptic modular function j − 744 can be determined only by the first three ones.

Geometry and TopologyMathematics
4
Article|7 citations·2012
Singular values of principal moduli
Ja Kyung Koo, Dong Hwa Shin
SJR Q2Journal of Number Theory
Geometry and TopologyMathematics
5
Article|7 citations·2001
Self-recursion formulas satisfied by Fourier coefficients of some modular functions
Chang Heon Kim, Ja Kyung Koo
SJR Q1Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra
Geometry and TopologyMathematics
6
Article|6 citations·2000
The normalizer of γ1(N) in psl2(R)
Chang Heon Kim, Ja Kyung Koo
SJR Q2Communications in Algebra

We find the full normalizer of γ1(N) in psl2(R).

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMaterials Science
7
Article|6 citations·2010
Function fields of certain arithmetic curves and application
Ja Kyung Koo, Dong Hwa Shin
SJR Q2Acta ArithmeticaOA
Geometry and TopologyMathematics
8
book|5 citations·1996
Intertwining operators, L-functions and representation theory
Ja Kyung Koo, Freydoon Shahidi
Medical Entomology and Zoology
Computer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Science
9
Article|4 citations·2008
Singular values of some modular functions and their applications to class fields
Kuk Jin Hong, Ja Kyung Koo
SJR Q2The Ramanujan Journal
Geometry and TopologyMathematics
10
Article|4 citations·2015
Generators of the ring of weakly holomorphic modular functions for _1(N) Γ 1 ( N )
Ja Kyung Koo, Dong Sung Yoon
SJR Q2The Ramanujan Journal
Algebra and Number TheoryMathematics
11
Article|4 citations·2017
Construction of ray-class fields by smaller generators and their applications
Ja Kyung Koo, Dong Sung Yoon
SJR Q1Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A Mathematics

We generate ray-class fields over imaginary quadratic fields in terms of Siegel–Ramachandra invariants, which are an extension of a result of Schertz. By making use of quotients of Siegel–Ramachandra invariants we also construct ray-class invariants over imaginary quadratic fields whose minimal polynomials have relatively small coefficients, from which we are able to solve certain quadratic Diophantine equations.

Geometry and TopologyMathematics
12
Article|3 citations·2002
Self-recursion formulas of certain monstrous functions
Chang Heon Kim, Ja Kyung Koo
SJR Q1Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra
Geometry and TopologyMathematics
13
Article|2 citations·1989
Quotients of theta series as rational functions ofJ and ?
Ja Kyung Koo
SJR Q1Mathematische Zeitschrift
Algebra and Number TheoryMathematics
14
Preprint|2 citations·2019
Construction of class fields over imaginary biquadratic fields
Ja Kyung Koo, Dong Sung Yoon
SJR Q1Indiana University Mathematics JournalOA

Let $K$ be an imaginary biquadratic field and $K_1$, $K_2$ be its imaginary quadratic subfields. For integers $N>0$, $μ\geq 0$ and an odd prime $p$ with $\gcd(N,p)=1$, let $K_{(Np^μ)}$ and $(K_i)_{(Np^μ)}$ for $i=1,2$ be the ray class fields of $K$ and $K_i$, respectively, modulo $Np^μ$. We first present certain class fields $\widetilde{K_{N,p,μ}^{1,2}}$ of $K$, in the sense of Hilbert, which are generated by Siegel-Ramachandra invariants of $(K_i)_{(Np^{μ+1})}$ for $i=1,2$ over $K_{(Np^μ)}$

Geometry and TopologyMathematics
15
Preprint|1 citations·2012
On some theta constants and class fields
Ja Kyung Koo, Dong Hwa Shin
arXiv (Cornell University)OA

We first find a sufficient condition for a product of theta constants to be a Siegel modular function of a given even level. And, when $K_{(2p)}$ denotes the ray class field of $K=\mathbb{Q}(e^{2πi/5})$ modulo $2p$ for an odd prime $p$, we describe a subfield of $K_{(2p)}$ generated by the special value of certain theta constant by using Shimura's reciprocity law.

Geometry and TopologyMathematics

Research Areas

Geometry and TopologyAlgebra and Number TheoryMathematical PhysicsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionTheoretical Computer ScienceApplied Mathematics

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