Factorizations of Eisenstein Series of Level up to 4

Abstract

We show that the most standard Eisenstein series such as $E_4(\tau)$ or $2E_2(2\tau)-E_2(\tau)$, and also the function $\theta^2(\tau)$, are in a natural way the product of two conjugate Eisenstein series of half their weight and double their level, as well as a number of similar elementary identities for $E_6$ and Eisenstein series of levels $2$, $3$, and $4$.