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On Gunning’s Prime Form in Genus 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

David Grant
David Grant*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0395, U.S.A., email: grant@boulder.colorado.edu
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Abstract

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Using a classical generalization of Jacobi’s derivative formula, we give an explicit expression for Gunning’s prime form in genus 2 in terms of theta functions and their derivatives.

Keywords

14K2530F10
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2002 , pp. 89 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2002

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