Torsions in Cohomology of $\text{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$ and Congruence of Modular Forms

Abstract

We describe torsion classes in the first cohomology group of SL 2 (Z). In particular, we obtain generalized Dickson's invariants for p-power polynomial rings. Secondly, we describe torsion classes in the zero-th homology group of SL 2 (Z) as a module over the torsion invariants. As application, we obtain various congruences between cuspidal forms of level one and Eisenstein series.