Modular forms provide key tools to obtain fundamental results in number theory. These forms are defined on symmetric spaces associated to algebraic groups over number fields, which parameterize elliptic curves with extra torsion data up to isomorphism. Drinfeld modular forms are objects defined in analogous spaces in characteristic p, and play a central role in number theory over function fields. In this talk, we go over the definition, construction and basic properties of Drinfeld modular forms.
Talk by Fengyuan Lin.