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Elliptic and modular functions : from Gauss to Dedekind to Hecke / Ranjan Roy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.Description: xiii, 475 pages ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781107159389 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 515.983 23 R888
Contents:
1. The basic modular forms; 2. Gauss's contributions to modular forms; 3. Abel and Jacobi on elliptic functions; 4. Eisenstein and Hurwitz; 5. Hermite's transformation of theta functions; 6. Complex variables and elliptic functions; 7. Hypergeometric functions; 8. Dedekind's paper on modular functions; 9. The n function and Dedekind sums; 10. Modular forms and invariant theory; 11. The modular and multiplier equations; 12. The theory of modular forms as reworked by Hurwitz; 13. Ramanujan's Euler products and modular forms; 14. Dirichlet series and modular forms; 15. Sums of squares; 16. The Hecke operators; Appendix.
Summary: A thorough guide to elliptic functions and modular forms that demonstrates the relevance and usefulness of historical sources.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The basic modular forms;
2. Gauss's contributions to modular forms;
3. Abel and Jacobi on elliptic functions;
4. Eisenstein and Hurwitz;
5. Hermite's transformation of theta functions;
6. Complex variables and elliptic functions;
7. Hypergeometric functions;
8. Dedekind's paper on modular functions;
9. The n function and Dedekind sums;
10. Modular forms and invariant theory;
11. The modular and multiplier equations;
12. The theory of modular forms as reworked by Hurwitz;
13. Ramanujan's Euler products and modular forms;
14. Dirichlet series and modular forms;
15. Sums of squares;
16. The Hecke operators;
Appendix.

A thorough guide to elliptic functions and modular forms that demonstrates the relevance and usefulness of historical sources.

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