{"product_id":"complex-ball-quotients-and-line-arrangements-in-the-projective-plane-mn-51-9780691144771","title":"Complex Ball Quotients and Line Arrangements in the Projective Plane (MN-51)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paula Tretkoff\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Geometry - Algebraic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces the theory of complex surfaces through a comprehensive look at finite covers of the projective plane branched along line arrangements. Paula Tretkoff emphasizes those finite covers that are free quotients of the complex two-dimensional ball. Tretkoff also includes background on the classical Gauss hypergeometric function of one variable, and a chapter on the Appell two-variable F1 hypergeometric function. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe material in this book began as a set of lecture notes, taken by Tretkoff, of a course given by Friedrich Hirzebruch at ETH Zürich in 1996. The lecture notes were then considerably expanded by Hirzebruch and Tretkoff over a number of years. In this book, Tretkoff has expanded those notes even further, still stressing examples offered by finite covers of line arrangements. The book is largely self-contained and foundational material is introduced and explained as needed, but not treated in full detail. References to omitted material are provided for interested readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAimed at graduate students and researchers, this is an accessible account of a highly informative area of complex geometry.","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082974519447,"sku":"9780691144771","price":5250.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691144771.webp?v=1767635322","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/complex-ball-quotients-and-line-arrangements-in-the-projective-plane-mn-51-9780691144771","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}