The Multiplicity One Defect and Congruence-Modular Exponent Ratios

Abstract

We introduce a multiplicity one defect that quantitatively measures the failure of multiplicity one for the Jacobian of the Shimura curve \(X^D(M)\) attached to an indefinite rational quaternion algebra of discriminant \(D\) and level \(M\), localized at a maximal ideal of the Hecke algebra. By constructing a certain lattice inside the local Tate module, we obtain an explicit upper bound for the defect in terms of congruences between eigenforms and the lattice-Tate module discrepancies associated with the individual newforms. We then show that the local ratio between the congruence exponent and the modular exponent of modular abelian varieties attached to newforms is bounded above by the multiplicity one defect. Finally, we examine the relation with the Gorenstein property and give an explicit example at level \(126\) where the local Hecke algebra is Gorenstein even though multiplicity one fails. In this example, we compute the multiplicity one defect to be \(3\), which is also the local congruence--modular exponent ratio.