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Theorem (Shimura isomorphism).   There exists an isomorphism

\[S_{k+2}(\Gamma) \oplus \overline{S_{k+2}(\Gamma)} \cong \widetilde{H}^1(\overline{X/\Gamma}, \, \Sym^k(R^1 f_* \underline{\ZZ})) \otimes_{\ZZ} \CC.\]