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Introduction to Modular Forms

verfasst von : Simon C. F. Rose

Erschienen in: Calabi-Yau Varieties: Arithmetic, Geometry and Physics

Verlag: Springer New York

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Abstract

We introduce the notion of modular forms, focusing primarily on the group \(PSL_{2}\mathbb{Z}\). We further introduce quasi-modular forms, as well as discuss their relation to physics and their applications in a variety of enumerative problems. These notes are based on a lecture given at the Field’s Institute during the thematic program on Calabi-Yau Varieties: Arithmetic, Geometry, and Physics.

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Fußnoten
1
Note that in this double sum we should exclude the (m, n) = (0, 0) term.
 
2
This is why we choose this particular normalization.
 
3
This actually requires an extension of the notion of modularity to (a) deal with characters of the group Γ and (b) to deal with forms of half-integer wieght. However, for the case at hand (r = 8), no such generalization is needed.
 
4
Note that we are using the non-holomorphic extension of \(E_{2}(\tau )\) so that this is well-defined on \(\mathcal{M}_{\mathbb{C}}^{E}\).
 
5
There is of course the factor of q 1∕2 in the first term which does break modularity. However, we can easily include this into the definition of the function, and end up with a modular form as we desire.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Introduction to Modular Forms
verfasst von
Simon C. F. Rose
Copyright-Jahr
2015
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2830-9_12