Let $E\_k$ be the normalized Eisenstein series of weight k and let p be an odd prime. Then 


$$
E\_{p^m(p-1)} = 1 \mod p^{m+1},
$$


and so the p-adic limit $\lim E\_{p^m(p-1)} = 1$ is a p-adic modular form of weight 0. (It is even overconvergent.)



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Can a the q-expansion of a p-adic modular form be a non-constant polynomial?
It is. I want to argue the following way: if the polynomial is non-constant then after scaling it has integral coefficients and so the reduction of the p-adic form mod p^n will be a *classical* form whose q-expansion is a non-constant polynomial. But I think Katz proved in his Antwerp paper that the only modular forms which are polynomials in q are the constants, which is a contradiction. One needs to dot some i's and cross some t's here, but I am optimistic.


