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On the functional equations satisfied by modular functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

P. L. Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Lancaster
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The Dedekind η-function is defined by

and is well-known to satisfy a functional equation relating η(aτ + b/cτ + d) to η (τ), where a, b, c, d are rational integers with adbc = 1—see for instance Iseki [2], and the further references cited there.

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Copyright © University College London 1978

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