ALGEBRAIC INDEPENDENCE OF VALUES OF MODULAR FORMS

Abstract

We investigate values of modular forms with algebraic Fourier coefficients at algebraic arguments. As a consequence, we conclude about the nature of zeros of such modular forms. In particular, the singular values of modular forms (that is, values at CM points) are related to the recent work of Nesterenko. As an application, we deduce the transcendence of critical values of certain Hecke L-series. We also discuss how these investigations generalize to the case of quasi-modular forms with algebraic Fourier coefficients.