TITLE: Eisenstein series and 163?
QUESTION [8 upvotes]: Given $q = e^{2\pi i \tau}$ and the Eisenstein series $E_{2k}(\tau)$, i.e.,
$$E_2(\tau) = 1-24\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{n q^n}{1-q^n}$$
$$E_4(\tau) = 1+240\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{n^3 q^n}{1-q^n}$$
and so on. Define the function,
$$F_{2k}(\tau) = \frac{E_{2k}(\tau)}{\left(E_2(\tau)-\frac{3}{\pi\; \Im(\tau)}\right)^k}$$
for $k \geq 2$, where $\tau = \frac{1+\sqrt{-d}}{2}$, $\Im(\tau)$ is the imaginary part of $\tau$, and $d$ has class number $h(-d) = m$. For example, we have,
$$F_4\left(\tfrac{1+\sqrt{-163}}{2}\right) = \frac{5\cdot23\cdot29\cdot163}{2^2\cdot3\cdot181^2}$$
$$F_6\left(\tfrac{1+\sqrt{-163}}{2}\right) = \frac{7\cdot11\cdot19\cdot127\cdot163^2}{2^9\cdot181^3}$$
$$F_8(\tau) = F_4^2(\tau)$$
and so on.
Question: In general, is it true that for $k \geq 2$ the function $F_{2k}$, like the j-function, is an algebraic number of degree m = h(-d)?  (I've tested it with d with higher class numbers, and it seems to be true.)

REPLY [3 votes]: I inadvertently came across the partial answer to my own question. It turns out Ramanujan had already explored something similar. Let $q = e^{2\pi i \tau}$, $\tau=\tfrac{1+\sqrt{-n}}{2}$, and,
$$P_n = 1-24\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{k q^k}{1-q^k}$$
$$Q_n = 1+240\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{k^3 q^k}{1-q^k}$$
$$R_n = 1-504\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{k^5 q^k}{1-q^k}$$
$$a_n = \frac{b_n}{6} \left(1-\frac{Q_n}{R_n}\left(P_n-\frac{6}{\pi\sqrt{n}}\right)\right)$$
$$b_n = \sqrt{n(1728-j(\tau))}$$
and j-function $j(\tau)$, then,
$$\frac{1}{F_4(\tau)} = \frac{1}{Q_n}\left(P_n-\frac{6}{\pi\sqrt{n}}\right)^2 = \left(1-\frac{6\,a_n}{b_n}\right)^2\left(\frac{-1728+j(\tau)}{j(\tau)}\right)$$
which is Theorem 7.1 (p.13) of Berndt's "Ramanujan's contributions to Eisenstein Series". 
Thus, it remains to establish that the square factor of the RHS is an algebraic number with the same degree as $j(\tau)$. (It seems it suffices to prove it for $a_n$.)
P.S. Note that for $n>3$,
$$\sum_{k=0}^\infty (-1)^k\frac{(6k)!}{(3k)!(k!)^3}\frac{a_n+b_n k}{(-j(\tau))^{k+1/2}} = \frac{1}{\pi}$$
in particular, for $n=163$, we have the Chudnovsky's formula,
$$\sum_{k=0}^\infty (-1)^k\frac{(6k)!}{(3k)!(k!)^3}\frac{163096908+6541681608 k}{(640320^3)^{k+1/2}} = \frac{1}{\pi}$$