Elliptic functions and Riemann surfaces played an important role in nineteenth-century mathematics. At the present time there is a great revival of interest in these topics not only for their own sake but also because of their applications to so many areas of mathematical research from group theory and number theory to topology and differential equations. In this book the authors give elementary accounts of many aspects of classical complex function theory including Mobius transformations, elliptic functions, Riemann surfaces, Fuchsian groups and modular functions. A distinctive feature of...
Elliptic functions and Riemann surfaces played an important role in nineteenth-century mathematics. At the present time there is a great revival of in...
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Nearly one half of the world's urban population lives in poverty and about 800 million people occupy substandard housing. This housing crisis has cont...