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Elliptic Curves and Modular Forms

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Elliptic Curves and Arithmetic Invariants

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We now describe basics of elliptic curves and modular curves in three steps:

  1. 1.

    as plane curves over a field;

  2. 2.

    as scheme/group functor over a ring;

  3. 3.

    modular forms as functorial rules on modular curves.

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Hida, H. (2013). Elliptic Curves and Modular Forms. In: Elliptic Curves and Arithmetic Invariants. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6657-4_2

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