Arithmetic and Geometry Around Hypergeometric Functions: Lecture Notes of a CIMPA Summer School held at Galatasaray University, Istanbul, 2005 (Progress in Mathematics, 260)

ISBN 10: 376438283X / ISBN 13: 9783764382834

Published by Birkhäuser, 2007

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Title: Arithmetic and Geometry Around ...

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Hardcover

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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.

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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 contains lecture notes, a survey article, research articles, and the results of a problem session. Key topics are moduli 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 book provides a background, gives detailed expositions and indicates new research directions. It is directed to postgraduate students and researchers.