Our book gives the complex counterpart of Klein's classic book on the icosahedron. We show that the following four apparently disjoint theories: the symmetries of the Hessian polyhedra (geometry), the resolution of some system of algebraic equations (algebra), the system of partial differential equations of Appell hypergeometric functions (analysis) and the modular equation of Picard modular functions (arithmetic) are in fact dominated by the structure of a single object, the Hessian group $mathfrak{G}'_{216}$. It provides another beautiful example on the fundamental unity of mathematics.
- ISBN13 9789813209473
- Publish Date 3 May 2018
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country SG
- Publisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Imprint WS Professional
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 316
- Language English
- URL https://worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/10434