Diamond, Fred.

A first course in modular forms / Fred Diamond, Jerry Shurman. - New York : Springer, c2005. - xv, 436 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Graduate texts in mathematics ; 228 . - Graduate texts in mathematics ; 228 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-436) and index.

This book introduces the theory of modular forms with an eye toward the Modularity Theorem - all rational elliptic curves arise from modular forms. It does not require background in algebraic number theory or algebraic geometry, and it contains exercises throughout.

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Forms, Modular.
Mathematics.
Number theory
Algebraic geometry

QA243 / .D47 2005

512.73 DIA