TY - BOOK AU - Roy,Ranjan TI - Elliptic and modular functions: from Gauss to Dedekind to Hecke SN - 9781107159389 (hardback : alk. paper) U1 - 515.983 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Cambridge : PB - Cambridge University Press, KW - Elliptic functions KW - Modular functions KW - Functions N1 - 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 N2 - A thorough guide to elliptic functions and modular forms that demonstrates the relevance and usefulness of historical sources ER -