Hypergeometric Functions, My Love: Modular Interpretations of Configuration Spaces

By Masaaki Yoshida

The classical story - of the hypergeometric functions, the configuration space of 4 points on the projective line, elliptic curves, elliptic modular functions and the theta functions - now evolves, in this book, to the story of hypergeometric funktions in 4 variables, the configuration space of 6 points in the projective plane, K3 surfaces, theta functions in 4 variables.
This modern theory has been established by the author and his collaborators in the 1990's; further development to different aspects is expected.
It leads the reader to a fascinating 4-dimensional world.
The author tells the story casually and visually in a plain language, starting form elementary level such as equivalence relations, the exponential function, ... Undergraduate students should be able to enjoy the text.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3322901688
• ISBN13: 9783322901682
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Vieweg+teubner Verlag
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"