Prolegomena to a Middlebrow Arithmetic of Curves of Genus 2

by E.V. Flynn, J.W.S. Cassels, John William Scott Cassels, et al.

Book Overview

The number theoretic properties of curves of genus 2 are attracting increasing attention. This book provides new insights into this subject; much of the material here is entirely new, and none has appeared in book form before. Included is an explicit treatment of the Jacobian, which throws new light onto the geometry of the Kummer surface. The Mordell-Weil group can then be determined for many curves, and in many non-trivial cases all rational points...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521483700
• ISBN13: 9780521483704
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"