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Book SynopsisThe subject matter of this book formed the substance of a mathematical se am which was worked by many of the great mathematicians of the last century.
Table of Contents1 Theta Functions.- 2 Jacobi’s Elliptic Functions.- 3 Elliptic Integrals.- 4 Geometrical Applications.- 5 Physical Applications.- 6 Weierstrass’s Elliptic Function.- 7 Applications of the Weierstrass Functions.- 8 Complex Variable Analysis.- 9 Modular Transformations..- Appendix A Fourier Series for a Periodic Analytic Function.- Appendix B Calculation of a Definite Integral.- Appendix C BASIC Program for Reduction of Elliptic Integral to Standard Form.- Appendix D Computation of Tables.- Table A. Theta Functions.- Table B. Nome and Complete Integrals of the First and Second Kinds as Functions of the Squared Modulus.- Table D. Legendre’s Incomplete Integrals of First and Second Kinds.- Table E. Jacobi’s Zeta and Epsilon Functions.- Table F. Sigma Functions.
