Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
CHAPTER I From Congruent Numbers to Elliptic Curves
1. Congruent numbers
2. A certain cubic equation
3. Elliptic curves
4. Doubly periodic functions
5. The field of elliptic functions
6. Elliptic curves in Weierstrass form
7. The additionclaw
8. Points of finite order
9. Points over finite fields, and the congruent number problem
CHAPTER II The Hasse-Weil L-Function of an Elliptic Curve
I. The congruence zeta-function
2. The zeta-function of E
3. Varying the primep
4. The prototype: the Riemann zeta-function
5. The Hasse-Weil L-function and its functional equation
6. The critical value
CHAPTER III Modular forms
1. SL2(Z) and its congruence subgroups
2. Modular forms for SL2(Z)
3. Modular forms for congruence subgroups
4. Transformation formula for the theta-function
5. The modular interpretation, and Hecke operators
CHAPTER IV Modular Forms of Half Integer Weight
1. Definitio ns and examples
2. Eisenstein series of half integer weight for (4)
3. Hecke operators on forms of half integer weight
4. The theorems of Shimura, Waldspurger, Tunnell, and the congruent number problem
Answers, Hints, and Referen es for Selected Exercises
Bibliography
Index
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