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Beschreibung
The subject of elliptic curves is one of the jewels of nineteenth-century mathematics, originated by Abel, Gauss, Jacobi, and Legendre. This book, reissued with a new Foreword, presents an introductory account of the subject in the style of the original discoverers, with references to and comments about more modern developments. It combines three of the fundamental themes of mathematics: complex function theory, geometry, and arithmetic. After an informal preparatory chapter, the book follows an historical path, beginning with the work of Abel and Gauss on elliptic integrals and elliptic functions. This is followed by chapters on theta functions, modular groups and modular functions, the quintic, the imaginary quadratic field, and on elliptic curves. Requiring only a first acquaintance with complex function theory, this book is an ideal introduction to the subject for graduate students and researchers in mathematics and physics, with many exercises with hints scattered throughout the text.
The subject of elliptic curves is one of the jewels of nineteenth-century mathematics, originated by Abel, Gauss, Jacobi, and Legendre. This book, reissued with a new Foreword, presents an introductory account of the subject in the style of the original discoverers, with references to and comments about more modern developments. It combines three of the fundamental themes of mathematics: complex function theory, geometry, and arithmetic. After an informal preparatory chapter, the book follows an historical path, beginning with the work of Abel and Gauss on elliptic integrals and elliptic functions. This is followed by chapters on theta functions, modular groups and modular functions, the quintic, the imaginary quadratic field, and on elliptic curves. Requiring only a first acquaintance with complex function theory, this book is an ideal introduction to the subject for graduate students and researchers in mathematics and physics, with many exercises with hints scattered throughout the text.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword: Preface; 1. First ideas: complex manifolds, Riemann surfaces, and projective curves; 2. Elliptic integrals and functions; 3. Theta functions; 4. Modular groups and modular functions; 5. Ikosaeder and the quintic; 6. Imaginary quadratic number fields; 7. Arithmetic of elliptic curves; References; Index.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Geometrie
Genre: Importe, Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781009602112
ISBN-10: 100960211X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mckean, Henry
Moll, Victor
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Henry Mckean (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.02.2025
Gewicht: 0,457 kg
Artikel-ID: 131635240