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This book is an introduction to the theory of elliptic curves, ranging from elementary topics to current research. The first chapters, which grew out of Tate's Haverford Lectures, cover the arithmetic theory of elliptic curves over the field of rational numbers. This theory is then recast into the powerful and more general language of Galois cohomology and descent theory. An analytic section of the book includes such topics as elliptic functions, theta functions, and modular functions. Next, the book discusses the theory of elliptic curves over finite and local fields and provides a survey of results in the global arithmetic theory, especially those related to the conjecture of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer.
This new edition contains three new chapters. The first is an outline of Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. The two additional chapters concern higher-dimensional analogues of elliptic curves, including K3 surfaces and Calabi-Yau manifolds. Two new appendices explore recent applications of elliptic curves and their generalizations. The first, written by Stefan Theisen, examines the role of Calabi-Yau manifolds and elliptic curves in string theory, while the second, by Otto Forster, discusses the use of elliptic curves in computing theory and coding theory.
About the First Edition:
"All in all the book is well written, and can serve as basis for a student seminar on the subject."
-G. Faltings, Zentralblatt
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From the reviews of the second edition:
"Husemöller’s text was and is the great first introduction to the world of elliptic curves … and a good guide to the current research literature as well. … this second edition builds on the original in several ways. … it has certainly gained a good deal of topicality, appeal, power of inspiration, and educational value for a wider public. No doubt, this text will maintain its role as both a useful primer and a passionate invitation to the evergreen theory of elliptic curves and their applications" (Werner Kleinert, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1040, 2004)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Elliptic Curves
- Authors
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- Dale Husemöller
- Series Title
- Graduate Texts in Mathematics
- Series Volume
- 111
- Copyright
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-387-21577-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/b97292
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-387-95490-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4419-3025-5
- Series ISSN
- 0072-5285
- Edition Number
- 2
- Number of Pages
- XXII, 490
- Topics
