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Elliptic Curves
Contributor(s): McKean, Henry (Author), Moll, Victor (With)

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 ISBN: 0521582288     ISBN-13: 9780521582285
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $132.05  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 1997
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Annotation: The subject of elliptic curves is one of the jewels of nineteenth-century mathematics, whose masters were Abel, Gauss, Jacobi, and Legendre. This book presents an introductory account of the subject in the style of the original discoverers, with references to and comments about more recent and 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 a 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. The many exercises with hints scattered throughout the text give the reader a glimpse of further developments. 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.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Geometry - General
- Mathematics | Number Theory
- Mathematics | Topology - General
Dewey: 516.352
LCCN: 96036605
Series: Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.35" W x 9.33" L (1.29 lbs) 298 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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