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Lectures on p-adic L-functions
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ISBN: 0691081123 1400881706 Year: 1972 Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press,

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An especially timely work, the book is an introduction to the theory of p-adic L-functions originated by Kubota and Leopoldt in 1964 as p-adic analogues of the classical L-functions of Dirichlet.Professor Iwasawa reviews the classical results on Dirichlet's L-functions and sketches a proof for some of them. Next he defines generalized Bernoulli numbers and discusses some of their fundamental properties. Continuing, he defines p-adic L-functions, proves their existence and uniqueness, and treats p-adic logarithms and p-adic regulators. He proves a formula of Leopoldt for the values of p-adic L-functions at s=1. The formula was announced in 1964, but a proof has never before been published. Finally, he discusses some applications, especially the strong relationship with cyclotomic fields.


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The enjoyment of math
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ISBN: 0691241538 Year: 2023 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,

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The classic book that shares the enjoyment of mathematics with readers of all skill levelsWhat is so special about the number 30? Do the prime numbers go on forever? Are there more whole numbers than even numbers? The Enjoyment of Math explores these and other captivating problems and puzzles, introducing readers to some of the most fundamental ideas in mathematics. Written by two eminent mathematicians and requiring only a background in plane geometry and elementary algebra, this delightful book covers topics such as the theory of sets, the four-color problem, regular polyhedrons, Euler’s proof of the infinitude of prime numbers, and curves of constant breadth. Along the way, it discusses the history behind the problems, carefully explaining how each has arisen and, in some cases, how to resolve it. With an incisive foreword by Alex Kontorovich, this Princeton Science Library edition shares the enjoyment of math with a new generation of readers.

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Mathematics --- Mathematical recreations. --- Mathematical puzzles --- Number games --- Recreational mathematics --- Recreations, Mathematical --- Puzzles --- Scientific recreations --- Games in mathematics education --- Magic squares --- Magic tricks in mathematics education --- Arbitrarily large. --- Arithmetic. --- Big O notation. --- Binomial theorem. --- Bonse's inequality. --- Circumference. --- Coefficient. --- Combination. --- Complete theory. --- Computation. --- Coprime integers. --- Diameter. --- Divisor. --- Equilateral triangle. --- Euler's formula. --- Euler's theorem. --- Exterior (topology). --- Factorial. --- Factorization. --- Fermat's Last Theorem. --- Fermat's theorem. --- Fourth power. --- Fractional part. --- Geometric mean. --- Geometric series. --- Geometry. --- Hypotenuse. --- Integer factorization. --- Intersection (set theory). --- Irrational number. --- Line segment. --- Logarithm. --- Long division. --- Mathematical induction. --- Mathematics. --- Metric space. --- Natural number. --- Non-Euclidean geometry. --- Number theory. --- Parallelogram. --- Parity (mathematics). --- Pedal triangle. --- Perfect number. --- Polyhedron. --- Power of 10. --- Prime factor. --- Prime number theorem. --- Prime number. --- Prime power. --- Pure mathematics. --- Pythagorean theorem. --- Rational number. --- Rectangle. --- Regular polygon. --- Regular polyhedron. --- Remainder. --- Reuleaux triangle. --- Rhomboid. --- Rhombus. --- Right angle. --- Right triangle. --- Scientific notation. --- Sign (mathematics). --- Special case. --- Straightedge. --- Summation. --- Theorem. --- Transfinite number. --- Variable (mathematics). --- Waring's problem.


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Ramification Theoretic Methods in Algebraic Geometry (AM-43), Volume 43
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ISBN: 1400881390 Year: 2016 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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The description for this book, Ramification Theoretic Methods in Algebraic Geometry (AM-43), Volume 43, will be forthcoming.

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Algebraic fields. --- Geometry, Algebraic. --- Abelian group. --- Abstract algebra. --- Additive group. --- Affine variety. --- Algebraic closure. --- Algebraic curve. --- Algebraic equation. --- Algebraic function field. --- Algebraic function. --- Algebraic geometry. --- Algebraic number theory. --- Algebraic surface. --- Algebraic variety. --- Big O notation. --- Birational geometry. --- Branch point. --- Cardinal number. --- Cardinality. --- Complex number. --- Degrees of freedom (statistics). --- Dimension. --- Equation. --- Equivalence class. --- Existential quantification. --- Field extension. --- Field of fractions. --- Foundations of Algebraic Geometry. --- Function field. --- Galois group. --- Generic point. --- Ground field. --- Homomorphism. --- Ideal theory. --- Integer. --- Irrational number. --- Irreducible component. --- Linear algebra. --- Local ring. --- Mathematics. --- Max Noether. --- Maximal element. --- Maximal ideal. --- Natural number. --- Nilpotent. --- Noetherian ring. --- Null set. --- Order by. --- Order type. --- Parameter. --- Primary ideal. --- Prime ideal. --- Prime number. --- Projective variety. --- Quantity. --- Quotient ring. --- Ramification group. --- Rational function. --- Rational number. --- Real number. --- Resolution of singularities. --- Riemann surface. --- Ring (mathematics). --- Special case. --- Splitting field. --- Subgroup. --- Subset. --- Theorem. --- Theory of equations. --- Transcendence degree. --- Two-dimensional space. --- Uniformization. --- Valuation ring. --- Variable (mathematics). --- Vector space. --- Zero divisor. --- Zorn's lemma.


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An Introduction to Linear Transformations in Hilbert Space. (AM-4), Volume 4
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ISBN: 1400882265 Year: 2016 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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The description for this book, An Introduction to Linear Transformations in Hilbert Space. (AM-4), Volume 4, will be forthcoming.

Abelian Varieties with Complex Multiplication and Modular Functions
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ISBN: 0691016569 1400883946 9780691016566 Year: 2016 Volume: 46 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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Reciprocity laws of various kinds play a central role in number theory. In the easiest case, one obtains a transparent formulation by means of roots of unity, which are special values of exponential functions. A similar theory can be developed for special values of elliptic or elliptic modular functions, and is called complex multiplication of such functions. In 1900 Hilbert proposed the generalization of these as the twelfth of his famous problems. In this book, Goro Shimura provides the most comprehensive generalizations of this type by stating several reciprocity laws in terms of abelian varieties, theta functions, and modular functions of several variables, including Siegel modular functions. This subject is closely connected with the zeta function of an abelian variety, which is also covered as a main theme in the book. The third topic explored by Shimura is the various algebraic relations among the periods of abelian integrals. The investigation of such algebraicity is relatively new, but has attracted the interest of increasingly many researchers. Many of the topics discussed in this book have not been covered before. In particular, this is the first book in which the topics of various algebraic relations among the periods of abelian integrals, as well as the special values of theta and Siegel modular functions, are treated extensively.

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Ordered algebraic structures --- 512.74 --- Abelian varieties --- Modular functions --- Functions, Modular --- Elliptic functions --- Group theory --- Number theory --- Varieties, Abelian --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Algebraic groups. Abelian varieties --- 512.74 Algebraic groups. Abelian varieties --- Abelian varieties. --- Modular functions. --- Abelian extension. --- Abelian group. --- Abelian variety. --- Absolute value. --- Adele ring. --- Affine space. --- Affine variety. --- Algebraic closure. --- Algebraic equation. --- Algebraic extension. --- Algebraic number field. --- Algebraic structure. --- Algebraic variety. --- Analytic manifold. --- Automorphic function. --- Automorphism. --- Big O notation. --- CM-field. --- Characteristic polynomial. --- Class field theory. --- Coefficient. --- Complete variety. --- Complex conjugate. --- Complex multiplication. --- Complex number. --- Complex torus. --- Corollary. --- Degenerate bilinear form. --- Differential form. --- Direct product. --- Direct proof. --- Discrete valuation ring. --- Divisor. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Embedding. --- Endomorphism. --- Existential quantification. --- Field of fractions. --- Finite field. --- Fractional ideal. --- Function (mathematics). --- Fundamental theorem. --- Galois extension. --- Galois group. --- Galois theory. --- Generic point. --- Ground field. --- Group theory. --- Groupoid. --- Hecke character. --- Homology (mathematics). --- Homomorphism. --- Identity element. --- Integer. --- Irreducibility (mathematics). --- Irreducible representation. --- Lie group. --- Linear combination. --- Linear subspace. --- Local ring. --- Modular form. --- Natural number. --- Number theory. --- Polynomial. --- Prime factor. --- Prime ideal. --- Projective space. --- Projective variety. --- Rational function. --- Rational mapping. --- Rational number. --- Real number. --- Residue field. --- Riemann hypothesis. --- Root of unity. --- Scientific notation. --- Semisimple algebra. --- Simple algebra. --- Singular value. --- Special case. --- Subgroup. --- Subring. --- Subset. --- Summation. --- Theorem. --- Vector space. --- Zero element.

Lectures on the theory of games
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ISBN: 0691027714 0691027722 9786612159114 1282159119 1400829569 9781400829569 9781282159112 6612159111 9780691027715 9780691027722 Year: 2003 Volume: 37 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,

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This book is a spectacular introduction to the modern mathematical discipline known as the Theory of Games. Harold Kuhn first presented these lectures at Princeton University in 1952. They succinctly convey the essence of the theory, in part through the prism of the most exciting developments at its frontiers half a century ago. Kuhn devotes considerable space to topics that, while not strictly the subject matter of game theory, are firmly bound to it. These are taken mainly from the geometry of convex sets and the theory of probability distributions. The book opens by addressing "matrix games," a name first introduced in these lectures as an abbreviation for two-person, zero-sum games in normal form with a finite number of pure strategies. It continues with a treatment of games in extensive form, using a model introduced by the author in 1950 that quickly supplanted von Neumann and Morgenstern's cumbersome approach. A final section deals with games that have an infinite number of pure strategies for the two players. Throughout, the theory is generously illustrated with examples, and exercises test the reader's understanding. A historical note caps off each chapter. For readers familiar with the calculus and with elementary matrix theory or vector analysis, this book offers an indispensable store of vital insights on a subject whose importance has only grown with the years.

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Operational research. Game theory --- Game theory --- 519.83 --- Theory of games --- 519.83 Theory of games --- Game theory. --- Games, Theory of --- Mathematical models --- Mathematics --- Abstract algebra. --- Addition. --- Algorithm. --- Almost surely. --- Analytic geometry. --- Axiom. --- Basic solution (linear programming). --- Big O notation. --- Bijection. --- Binary relation. --- Boundary (topology). --- Bounded set (topological vector space). --- Branch point. --- Calculation. --- Cardinality of the continuum. --- Cardinality. --- Cartesian coordinate system. --- Characteristic function (probability theory). --- Combination. --- Computation. --- Connectivity (graph theory). --- Constructive proof. --- Convex combination. --- Convex function. --- Convex hull. --- Convex set. --- Coordinate system. --- David Gale. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Differential equation. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Dimensional analysis. --- Disjoint sets. --- Distribution function. --- Embedding. --- Empty set. --- Enumeration. --- Equation. --- Equilibrium point. --- Equivalence relation. --- Estimation. --- Euclidean space. --- Existential quantification. --- Expected loss. --- Extreme point. --- Formal scheme. --- Fundamental theorem. --- Galois theory. --- Geometry. --- Hyperplane. --- Inequality (mathematics). --- Infimum and supremum. --- Integer. --- Iterative method. --- Line segment. --- Linear equation. --- Linear inequality. --- Matching Pennies. --- Mathematical induction. --- Mathematical optimization. --- Mathematical theory. --- Mathematician. --- Mathematics. --- Matrix (mathematics). --- Measure (mathematics). --- Min-max theorem. --- Minimum distance. --- Mutual exclusivity. --- Prediction. --- Probability distribution. --- Probability interpretations. --- Probability measure. --- Probability theory. --- Probability. --- Proof by contradiction. --- Quantity. --- Rank (linear algebra). --- Rational number. --- Real number. --- Requirement. --- Scientific notation. --- Sign (mathematics). --- Solution set. --- Special case. --- Statistics. --- Strategist. --- Strategy (game theory). --- Subset. --- Theorem. --- Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. --- Theory. --- Three-dimensional space (mathematics). --- Total order. --- Two-dimensional space. --- Union (set theory). --- Unit interval. --- Unit square. --- Vector Analysis. --- Vector calculus. --- Vector space.


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An introduction to G-functions
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ISBN: 0691036810 0691036756 1400882540 9780691036755 9780691036816 Year: 1994 Volume: 133 Publisher: Princeton (N.J.): Princeton university press,

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Written for advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students, this book aims to introduce students to a serious level of p-adic analysis with important implications for number theory. The main object is the study of G-series, that is, power series y=aij=0 Ajxj with coefficients in an algebraic number field K. These series satisfy a linear differential equation Ly=0 with LIK(x) [d/dx] and have non-zero radii of convergence for each imbedding of K into the complex numbers. They have the further property that the common denominators of the first s coefficients go to infinity geometrically with the index s. After presenting a review of valuation theory and elementary p-adic analysis together with an application to the congruence zeta function, this book offers a detailed study of the p-adic properties of formal power series solutions of linear differential equations. In particular, the p-adic radii of convergence and the p-adic growth of coefficients are studied. Recent work of Christol, Bombieri, André, and Dwork is treated and augmented. The book concludes with Chudnovsky's theorem: the analytic continuation of a G -series is again a G -series. This book will be indispensable for those wishing to study the work of Bombieri and André on global relations and for the study of the arithmetic properties of solutions of ordinary differential equations.

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Analyse p-adique --- H-fonction --- H-functie --- H-function --- p-adic analyse --- p-adic analysis --- H-functions --- H-functions. --- p-adic analysis. --- Analysis, p-adic --- Algebra --- Calculus --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Fox's H-function --- G-functions, Generalized --- Generalized G-functions --- Generalized Mellin-Barnes functions --- Mellin-Barnes functions, Generalized --- Hypergeometric functions --- Adjoint. --- Algebraic Method. --- Algebraic closure. --- Algebraic number field. --- Algebraic number theory. --- Algebraic variety. --- Algebraically closed field. --- Analytic continuation. --- Analytic function. --- Argument principle. --- Arithmetic. --- Automorphism. --- Bearing (navigation). --- Binomial series. --- Calculation. --- Cardinality. --- Cartesian coordinate system. --- Cauchy sequence. --- Cauchy's theorem (geometry). --- Coefficient. --- Cohomology. --- Commutative ring. --- Complete intersection. --- Complex analysis. --- Conjecture. --- Density theorem. --- Differential equation. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Direct sum. --- Discrete valuation. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Elliptic curve. --- Equation. --- Equivalence class. --- Estimation. --- Existential quantification. --- Exponential function. --- Exterior algebra. --- Field of fractions. --- Finite field. --- Formal power series. --- Fuchs' theorem. --- G-module. --- Galois extension. --- Galois group. --- General linear group. --- Generic point. --- Geometry. --- Hypergeometric function. --- Identity matrix. --- Inequality (mathematics). --- Intercept method. --- Irreducible element. --- Irreducible polynomial. --- Laurent series. --- Limit of a sequence. --- Linear differential equation. --- Lowest common denominator. --- Mathematical induction. --- Meromorphic function. --- Modular arithmetic. --- Module (mathematics). --- Monodromy. --- Monotonic function. --- Multiplicative group. --- Natural number. --- Newton polygon. --- Number theory. --- P-adic number. --- Parameter. --- Permutation. --- Polygon. --- Polynomial. --- Projective line. --- Q.E.D. --- Quadratic residue. --- Radius of convergence. --- Rational function. --- Rational number. --- Residue field. --- Riemann hypothesis. --- Ring of integers. --- Root of unity. --- Separable polynomial. --- Sequence. --- Siegel's lemma. --- Special case. --- Square root. --- Subring. --- Subset. --- Summation. --- Theorem. --- Topology of uniform convergence. --- Transpose. --- Triangle inequality. --- Unipotent. --- Valuation ring. --- Weil conjecture. --- Wronskian. --- Y-intercept.


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Classifying spaces of degenerating polarized Hodge structures
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ISBN: 0691138214 1400837111 0691138222 9780691138220 9781400837113 9780691138213 Year: 2009 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxfordshire, England : Princeton University Press,

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In 1970, Phillip Griffiths envisioned that points at infinity could be added to the classifying space D of polarized Hodge structures. In this book, Kazuya Kato and Sampei Usui realize this dream by creating a logarithmic Hodge theory. They use the logarithmic structures begun by Fontaine-Illusie to revive nilpotent orbits as a logarithmic Hodge structure. The book focuses on two principal topics. First, Kato and Usui construct the fine moduli space of polarized logarithmic Hodge structures with additional structures. Even for a Hermitian symmetric domain D, the present theory is a refinement of the toroidal compactifications by Mumford et al. For general D, fine moduli spaces may have slits caused by Griffiths transversality at the boundary and be no longer locally compact. Second, Kato and Usui construct eight enlargements of D and describe their relations by a fundamental diagram, where four of these enlargements live in the Hodge theoretic area and the other four live in the algebra-group theoretic area. These two areas are connected by a continuous map given by the SL(2)-orbit theorem of Cattani-Kaplan-Schmid. This diagram is used for the construction in the first topic.

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Hodge theory. --- Logarithms. --- Logs (Logarithms) --- Algebra --- Complex manifolds --- Differentiable manifolds --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Homology theory --- Algebraic group. --- Algebraic variety. --- Analytic manifold. --- Analytic space. --- Annulus (mathematics). --- Arithmetic group. --- Atlas (topology). --- Canonical map. --- Classifying space. --- Coefficient. --- Cohomology. --- Compactification (mathematics). --- Complex manifold. --- Complex number. --- Congruence subgroup. --- Conjecture. --- Connected component (graph theory). --- Continuous function. --- Convex cone. --- Degeneracy (mathematics). --- Diagram (category theory). --- Differential form. --- Direct image functor. --- Divisor. --- Elliptic curve. --- Equivalence class. --- Existential quantification. --- Finite set. --- Functor. --- Geometry. --- Hodge structure. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homomorphism. --- Inverse function. --- Iwasawa decomposition. --- Local homeomorphism. --- Local ring. --- Local system. --- Logarithmic. --- Maximal compact subgroup. --- Modular curve. --- Modular form. --- Moduli space. --- Monodromy. --- Monoid. --- Morphism. --- Natural number. --- Nilpotent orbit. --- Nilpotent. --- Open problem. --- Open set. --- P-adic Hodge theory. --- P-adic number. --- Point at infinity. --- Proper morphism. --- Pullback (category theory). --- Quotient space (topology). --- Rational number. --- Relative interior. --- Ring (mathematics). --- Ring homomorphism. --- Scientific notation. --- Set (mathematics). --- Sheaf (mathematics). --- Smooth morphism. --- Special case. --- Strong topology. --- Subgroup. --- Subobject. --- Subset. --- Surjective function. --- Tangent bundle. --- Taylor series. --- Theorem. --- Topological space. --- Topology. --- Transversality (mathematics). --- Two-dimensional space. --- Vector bundle. --- Vector space. --- Weak topology.

Modular Forms and Special Cycles on Shimura Curves. (AM-161)
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ISBN: 1299401023 1400837162 0691125511 0691125503 9781400837168 9780691125503 9780691125510 9781299401020 Year: 2006 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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Modular Forms and Special Cycles on Shimura Curves is a thorough study of the generating functions constructed from special cycles, both divisors and zero-cycles, on the arithmetic surface "M" attached to a Shimura curve "M" over the field of rational numbers. These generating functions are shown to be the q-expansions of modular forms and Siegel modular forms of genus two respectively, valued in the Gillet-Soulé arithmetic Chow groups of "M". The two types of generating functions are related via an arithmetic inner product formula. In addition, an analogue of the classical Siegel-Weil formula identifies the generating function for zero-cycles as the central derivative of a Siegel Eisenstein series. As an application, an arithmetic analogue of the Shimura-Waldspurger correspondence is constructed, carrying holomorphic cusp forms of weight 3/2 to classes in the Mordell-Weil group of "M". In certain cases, the nonvanishing of this correspondence is related to the central derivative of the standard L-function for a modular form of weight 2. These results depend on a novel mixture of modular forms and arithmetic geometry and should provide a paradigm for further investigations. The proofs involve a wide range of techniques, including arithmetic intersection theory, the arithmetic adjunction formula, representation densities of quadratic forms, deformation theory of p-divisible groups, p-adic uniformization, the Weil representation, the local and global theta correspondence, and the doubling integral representation of L-functions.

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Arithmetical algebraic geometry. --- Shimura varieties. --- Varieties, Shimura --- Algebraic geometry, Arithmetical --- Arithmetic algebraic geometry --- Diophantine geometry --- Geometry, Arithmetical algebraic --- Geometry, Diophantine --- Arithmetical algebraic geometry --- Number theory --- Abelian group. --- Addition. --- Adjunction formula. --- Algebraic number theory. --- Arakelov theory. --- Arithmetic. --- Automorphism. --- Bijection. --- Borel subgroup. --- Calculation. --- Chow group. --- Coefficient. --- Cohomology. --- Combinatorics. --- Compact Riemann surface. --- Complex multiplication. --- Complex number. --- Cup product. --- Deformation theory. --- Derivative. --- Dimension. --- Disjoint union. --- Divisor. --- Dual pair. --- Eigenfunction. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Eisenstein series. --- Elliptic curve. --- Endomorphism. --- Equation. --- Explicit formulae (L-function). --- Fields Institute. --- Formal group. --- Fourier series. --- Fundamental matrix (linear differential equation). --- Galois group. --- Generating function. --- Green's function. --- Group action. --- Induced representation. --- Intersection (set theory). --- Intersection number. --- Irreducible component. --- Isomorphism class. --- L-function. --- Laurent series. --- Level structure. --- Line bundle. --- Local ring. --- Mathematical sciences. --- Mathematics. --- Metaplectic group. --- Modular curve. --- Modular form. --- Modularity (networks). --- Moduli space. --- Multiple integral. --- Number theory. --- Numerical integration. --- Orbifold. --- Orthogonal complement. --- P-adic number. --- Pairing. --- Prime factor. --- Prime number. --- Pullback (category theory). --- Pullback (differential geometry). --- Pullback. --- Quadratic form. --- Quadratic residue. --- Quantity. --- Quaternion algebra. --- Quaternion. --- Quotient stack. --- Rational number. --- Real number. --- Residue field. --- Riemann zeta function. --- Ring of integers. --- SL2(R). --- Scientific notation. --- Shimura variety. --- Siegel Eisenstein series. --- Siegel modular form. --- Special case. --- Standard L-function. --- Subgroup. --- Subset. --- Summation. --- Tensor product. --- Test vector. --- Theorem. --- Three-dimensional space (mathematics). --- Topology. --- Trace (linear algebra). --- Triangular matrix. --- Two-dimensional space. --- Uniformization. --- Valuative criterion. --- Whittaker function.

Dynamics in one complex variable
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ISBN: 9780691124889 9780691124872 0691124884 0691124876 9786613001481 1400835534 1283001489 9781400835539 9781283001489 6613001481 Year: 2006 Publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press

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This volume studies the dynamics of iterated holomorphic mappings from a Riemann surface to itself, concentrating on the classical case of rational maps of the Riemann sphere. This subject is large and rapidly growing. These lectures are intended to introduce some key ideas in the field, and to form a basis for further study. The reader is assumed to be familiar with the rudiments of complex variable theory and of two-dimensional differential geometry, as well as some basic topics from topology. This third edition contains a number of minor additions and improvements: A historical survey has been added, the definition of Lattés map has been made more inclusive, and the écalle-Voronin theory of parabolic points is described. The résidu itératif is studied, and the material on two complex variables has been expanded. Recent results on effective computability have been added, and the references have been expanded and updated. Written in his usual brilliant style, the author makes difficult mathematics look easy. This book is a very accessible source for much of what has been accomplished in the field.

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Functions of complex variables --- Holomorphic mappings --- Riemann surfaces --- Fonctions d'une variable complexe --- Applications holomorphes --- Riemann, surfaces de --- Holomorphic mappings. --- Mappings, Holomorphic --- Functions of complex variables. --- Riemann surfaces. --- Surfaces, Riemann --- Functions --- Functions of several complex variables --- Mappings (Mathematics) --- Complex variables --- Elliptic functions --- Functions of real variables --- Absolute value. --- Addition. --- Algebraic equation. --- Attractor. --- Automorphism. --- Beltrami equation. --- Blaschke product. --- Boundary (topology). --- Branched covering. --- Coefficient. --- Compact Riemann surface. --- Compact space. --- Complex analysis. --- Complex number. --- Complex plane. --- Computation. --- Connected component (graph theory). --- Connected space. --- Constant function. --- Continued fraction. --- Continuous function. --- Coordinate system. --- Corollary. --- Covering space. --- Cross-ratio. --- Derivative. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Diameter. --- Diffeomorphism. --- Differentiable manifold. --- Disjoint sets. --- Disjoint union. --- Disk (mathematics). --- Division by zero. --- Equation. --- Euler characteristic. --- Existential quantification. --- Exponential map (Lie theory). --- Fundamental group. --- Harmonic function. --- Holomorphic function. --- Homeomorphism. --- Hyperbolic geometry. --- Inequality (mathematics). --- Integer. --- Inverse function. --- Irrational rotation. --- Iteration. --- Jordan curve theorem. --- Julia set. --- Lebesgue measure. --- Lecture. --- Limit point. --- Line segment. --- Linear map. --- Linearization. --- Mandelbrot set. --- Mathematical analysis. --- Maximum modulus principle. --- Metric space. --- Monotonic function. --- Montel's theorem. --- Normal family. --- Open set. --- Orbifold. --- Parameter space. --- Parameter. --- Periodic point. --- Point at infinity. --- Polynomial. --- Power series. --- Proper map. --- Quadratic function. --- Rational approximation. --- Rational function. --- Rational number. --- Real number. --- Riemann sphere. --- Riemann surface. --- Root of unity. --- Rotation number. --- Schwarz lemma. --- Scientific notation. --- Sequence. --- Simply connected space. --- Special case. --- Subgroup. --- Subsequence. --- Subset. --- Summation. --- Tangent space. --- Theorem. --- Topological space. --- Topology. --- Uniform convergence. --- Uniformization theorem. --- Unit circle. --- Unit disk. --- Upper half-plane. --- Winding number.

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