This course is designed for advanced undergraduate students and first year graduate students who have had first course in complex analysis, and can be used as all or part of a second course in complex variables. In our exposition we have also kept in mind the potential reader interested in self-study, someone in the physical sciences or technology with a reasonable degree of proficiency and experience in mathematics, or even a researcher in pure mathematics. This course is the continuation of "Advanced topics in Analysis C".
The subject matter, primarily, is the Jacobi elliptic functions and the Weierstrass elliptic functions and their interrelation with Riemann surfaces. Our purpose for basing a treatment of elliptic functions on Riemann surface theory is twofold. On the one hand, elliptic functions are indissolubly wedded to elliptic integrals, and for an intelligent discussion of the latter in the complex domain the use of Riemann surfaces is really essential. On the other hand, for the student who wants to learn a little about Riemann surface theory, either for its applications to other areas or for itself, the connection with elliptic functions, particularly the Jacobi functions, forms a very natural and concrete path of introduction.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Relationship between elliptic functions and Riemann surfaces.
2) Additive formulas of elliptic functions.
3) Applications of elliptic functions.
Weierstrass elliptic functions, Riemann surfaces, Additive formulas of elliptic functions, modular functions.
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Standard lecture course
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Constructions of Weierstrass elliptic functions | Details will be provided during each class session. |
Class 2 | Weierstrass elliptic functions and elliptic integrals | Details will be provided during each class session. |
Class 3 | Elliptic functions and Riemann surfaces | Details will be provided during each class session. |
Class 4 | Elliptic functions as covering maps | Details will be provided during each class session. |
Class 5 | Elliptic functions and elliptic integrals | Details will be provided during each class session. |
Class 6 | Additive formulas of elliptic functions | Details will be provided during each class session. |
Class 7 | An application of elliptic functions--modular functions | Details will be provided during each class session. |
Class 8 | An application of elliptic functions--Latte's meromorphic functions | Details will be provided during each class session. |
None.
To be determined.
Reports (100%).
Students have passed MTH.C403 : Advanced topics in Analysis C.