Problems in the Theory of Modular Forms
Authors: Murty, M. Ram, Dewar, Michael, Graves, Hester
Free Preview- Introduces the fascinating world of modular forms through a problem-solving approach
- Discusses topics on q-series, the modular group, the upper half-plane, the Ramanujan τ-function, the Petersson inner product, Hecke operators, and Dirichlet series
- Is authored by the winner of the Coxeter–James Prize, the Jeffery–Williams Prize, the E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship, and the Killam Fellowship
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This book introduces the reader to the fascinating world of modular forms through a problem-solving approach. As such, besides researchers, the book can be used by the undergraduate and graduate students for self-instruction. The topics covered include q-series, the modular group, the upper half-plane, modular forms of level one and higher level, the Ramanujan τ-function, the Petersson inner product, Hecke operators, Dirichlet series attached to modular forms and further special topics. It can be viewed as a gentle introduction for a deeper study of the subject. Thus, it is ideal for non-experts seeking an entry into the field.
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M. Ram Murty is professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen’s University, Canada, where he is a Queen's Research Chair in Mathematics. He is also professor of philosophy at Queen’s. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1990, the Indian National Science Academy in 2008, and won the Coxeter–James Prize, Jeffery–Williams Prize, the E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship, and the Killam Fellowship. His research areas include number theory, modular forms, elliptic curves, and sieve theory. An author of over five books with Springer, his book Non-vanishing of L-functions and Applications, coauthored by his brother V. Kumar Murty, won the 1996 Balaguer Prize and was published by Birkhauser. In addition, Ram is adjunct professor at McGill University; TIFR; IMSc; CMI; IIT Bombay; IISER, West Bengal; Vivekananda University; and Harish Chandra Research Institute, Uttar Pradesh.
Michael Dewar is a post-doctorate fellow at the Queen’s University, Canada. He did his PhD on “Ramanujan congruences in modular forms” from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States. His research interest lies in modular forms, Jacobi forms, and harmonic weak Maass forms.
Hester Graves is professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, United States.
- Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Jacobi’s q-series
Pages 3-14
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The Modular Group
Pages 15-23
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The Upper Half-Plane
Pages 25-33
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Modular Forms of Level One
Pages 35-52
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The Ramanujan τ-function
Pages 53-71
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Problems in the Theory of Modular Forms
- Authors
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- M. Ram Murty
- Michael Dewar
- Hester Graves
- Series Title
- IMSc Lecture Notes in Mathematics
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 and Hindustan Book Agency 2016
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-10-2651-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-10-2651-5
- Series ISSN
- 2509-808X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 291
- Number of Illustrations
- 8 b/w illustrations
- Topics