Elliptic Curves: Function Theory, Geometry, Arithmetic (Cambridge Mathematical Library)

McKean, Henry; Moll, Victor

ISBN 10: 100960211X / ISBN 13: 9781009602112

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Elliptic Curves: Function Theory, Geometry, Arithmetic (Cambridge Mathematical Library)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 100960211X
• ISBN 13: 9781009602112
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.