Tata Lectures on Theta II

Jacobian theta functions and differential equations

David Mumford author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Birkhauser Boston Inc

Published:27th Dec '06

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Tata Lectures on Theta II cover

The second in a series of three volumes that survey the theory of theta functions, this volume emphasizes the special properties of the theta functions associated with compact Riemann surfaces and how they lead to solutions of the Korteweg-de-Vries equations as well as other non-linear differential equations of mathematical physics.

It presents an explicit elementary construction of hyperelliptic Jacobian varieties and is a self-contained introduction to the theory of the Jacobians. It also ties together nineteenth-century discoveries due to Jacobi, Neumann, and Frobenius with recent discoveries of Gelfand, McKean, Moser, John Fay, and others.

ISBN: 9780817645694

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 910g

272 pages

Reprint of the 1984 ed.