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Hypergeometric functions, my love : modular interpretations of configuration spaces

Book information

Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag
Year
1997
ISBN
3322901688, 978-3-322-90168-2, 978-3-322-90166-8, 3322901661, 139-1995-67-8, 86-1964-392-4, 282-1988-69-9, 48-1994-283-2
DOI
10.1007/978-3-322-90166-8
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2777572 bytes)
Series
Aspects of mathematics. E ; 32
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Pages
292\301
Library
kolxoz
DPI
600
Time added
2016-05-22 07:20:00

Description

The classical story - of the hypergeometric functions, the configuration space of 4 points on the projective line, elliptic curves, elliptic modular functions and the theta functions - now evolves, in this book, to the story of hypergeometric funktions in 4 variables, the configuration space of 6 points in the projective plane, K3 surfaces, theta functions in 4 variables. This modern theory has been established by the author and his collaborators in the 1990's; further development to different aspects is expected. It leads the reader to a fascinating 4-dimensional world. The author tells the story casually and visually in a plain language, starting form elementary level such as equivalence relations, the exponential function, ... Undergraduate students should be able to enjoy the text.

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