Arithmetic and Geometry Around Hypergeometric Functions : Lecture Notes of a CIMPA Summer School held at Galatasaray University, Istanbul, 2005

Rolf-Peter Holzapfel

ISBN 10: 376438283X / ISBN 13: 9783764382834

Verlag: Birkhäuser Basel, 2007

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This volume comprises the Lecture Notes of the CIMPA Summer School 'Arithmetic and Geometry around Hypergeometric Functions' held at Galatasaray University, Istanbul in 2005. It containslecture notes,a survey article,research articles, andthe results of a problem session. Key topics aremoduli spaces of points on P1 and Picard-Terada-Deligne-Mostow theory, moduli spaces of K3 surfaces, complex hyperbolic geometry, ball quotients, GKZ hypergeometric structures, Hilbert and Picard modular surfaces, uniformizations of complex orbifolds, algebraicity of values of Schwartz triangle functions, and Thakur's hypergeometric function. The bookprovides a background, gives detailed expositions and indicates new research directions. It is directed to postgraduate students and researchers. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783764382834

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Titel: Arithmetic and Geometry Around ...

Verlag: Birkhäuser Basel

Erscheinungsdatum: 2007

Einband: Buch

Zustand: Neu

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ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRY AROUND HYPERGEOMETRIC FUNCTIONS: LECTURE NOTES OF A CIMPA SUMMER SCHOOL HELD AT GALATASARAY by MASAAKI YOSHIDA, 9783764382834

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This volume comprises lecture notes, survey and research articles originating from the CIMPA Summer School Arithmetic and Geometry around Hypergeometric Functions held at Galatasaray University, Istanbul, June 13-25, 2005. It covers a wide range of topics related to hypergeometric functions, thus giving a broad perspective of the state of the art in the field.