Elliptic Functions: A Constructive Approach

by Peter L. Walker

The theory of elliptic functions represents a high point of classical analysis. Interest in the use of these mathematical tools was recently heightened by John Wile's partial proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Now this comprehensive guide bridges the gap between elementary texts and the very high level specialist research monographs by demonstrating how the principal results can be derived using relatively modest analytical machinery. In addition to their intrinsic elegance and range, from Circular Functions to Gamma and Related, Basic Elliptic, Theta, Jacobian, Elliptic Integrals, and Modular Functions, they find uses in fields as diverse as number theory and fluid mechanics.

230 pages, Hardcover

First published November 7, 1996

About the author

Peter Leslie Walker