Lanterna Rally

Author: Marvin Isadore Knopp

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0821844881

Knopp's engaging book presents an introduction to modular functions in number theory by concentrating on two modular functions, $\eta(\tau)$ and $\vartheta(\tau)$, and their applications to two number-theoretic functions, $p(n)$ and $r_s(n)$. They are well chosen, as at the heart of these particular applications to the treatment of these specific number-theoretic functions lies the general theory of automorphic functions, a theory of far-reaching significance with important connections to a great many fields of mathematics. The book is essentially self-contained, assuming only a good first-year course in analysis. The excellent exposition presents the beautiful interplay between modular forms and number theory, making the book an excellent introduction to analytic number theory for a beginning graduate student. Table of Contents: The Modular Group and Certain Subgroups: 1. The modular group; 2. A fundamental region for $\Gamma(1)$; 3. Some subgroups of $\Gamma(1)$; 4. Fundamental regions of subgroups. Modular Functions and Forms: 1. Multiplier systems; 2. Parabolic points; 3 Fourier expansions; 4. Definitions of modular function and modular form; 5. Several important theorems.The Modular Forms $\eta(\tau)$ and $\vartheta(\tau)$: 1. The function $\eta(\tau)$; 2. Several famous identities; 3. Transformation formulas for $\eta(\tau)$; 4. The function $\vartheta(\tau)$. The Multiplier Systems $\upsilon_{\eta}$ and $\upsilon_{\vartheta}$: 1. Preliminaries; 2. Proof of theorem 2; 3. Proof of theorem 3. Sums of Squares: 1. Statement of results; 2. Lipschitz summation formula; 3. The function $\psi_s(\tau)$; 4. The expansion of $\psi_s(\tau)$ at $-1$; 5. Proofs of theorems 2 and 3; 6. Related results. The Order of Magnitude of $p(n)$: 1. A simple inequality for $p(n)$; 2. The asymptotic formula for $p(n)$; 3. Proof of theorem 2. The Ramanujan Congruences for $p(n)$: 1. Statement of the congruences; 2. The functions $\Phi_{p, r}(\tau)$ and $h_p(\tau)$; 3. The function $s_{p, r}(\tau)$; 4. The congruence for $p(n)$ Modulo 11; 5. Newton's formula; 6. The modular equation for the prime 5; 7. The modular equation for the prime 7. Proof of the Ramanujan Congruences for Powers of 5 and 7: 1. Preliminaries; 2. Application of the modular equation; 3. A digression: The Ramanujan identities for powers of the prime 5; 4. Completion of the proof for powers of 5; 5.Start of the proof for powers of 7; 6. A second digression: The Ramanujan identities for powers of the prime 7; 7. Completion of the proof for powers of 7. Index. (CHEL/337.H