Author: Lester R. Ford

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-17

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781330351161

Excerpt from An Introduction to the Theory of Automorphic Functions Owing largely to the researches of Poincare and Klein the domain of Automorphic Functions has expanded enormously during the last thirty-five years; and the ramifications of the subject have extended into many and diverse fields. This has caused embarrassment in the selection of materials for a book of modest dimensions, and has necessitated a brief treatment, or in some cases the exclusion, of many important and attractive subjects. The aim throughout has been to present in as thorough a manner as possible the concepts and theorems on which the theory is founded, and to describe in less detail certain of its important developments. The present tract had its origin in a series of lectures on Automorphic Functions given to the Mathematical Research Class of the University of Edinburgh during the Spring Term of 1915. I wish to express a grateful acknowledgment of my indebtedness to Professor Whittaker, who has read the manuscript during the course of its preparation, and has made many valuable suggestions; and to Mr Herbert Bell, who has assisted in the preparation of the Bibliography. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.