A great researcher, writer, and teacher in an era of tremendous mathematical ferment, Felix Klein (1849-1925) occupies a prominent place in the history of mathematics. His many talents included an ability to express complicated mathematical ideas directly and comprehensively, and this book, a consideration of the investigations in the first part of Riemann's Theory of Abelian Functions , is a prime example of his expository powers. The treatment introduces...
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