| Description |
xvii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Degree -- 1. Degree of a curve -- 2. Algebraic closures -- 3. The projective plane -- 4. Multiplicities and degree -- 5. Bezout's theorem -- Part II. Elliptic curves and algebra -- 6. Transition to elliptic curves -- 7. Abelian groups -- 8. Nonsingular cubic equations -- 9. Singular cubics -- 10. Elliptic curves over Q -- Part III. Elliptic curves and analysis -- 11. Building functions -- 12. Analytic continuation -- 13. L-functions -- 14. Surprising properties of L-functions -- 15. The conjecture of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer. |
| Subject |
Elliptic functions.
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Curves, Elliptic.
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Number theory.
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| Added Author |
Gross, Robert, 1959-
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| ISBN |
9780691151199 (hardcover) |
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0691151199 (hardcover) |
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