Timeline for Canonical examples of algebraic structures
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| May 11, 2010 at 4:25 | comment | added | Haining Wang | So you are probably thinking about Eisenstein series when someone mentions Modular forms but others may probably think about $\Theta$ function or $\Delta$ function. The definition of modular form sounds pretty artificial to me. No one ever told me when and why people start to study them. The question is irrelevant though. | |
| May 11, 2010 at 2:38 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan | Modular forms are a little different. If you know what they are, you already know how to write a bunch of them down (at the very least, the Eisenstein series). My interpretation of the OP's question is that it applies to structures defined from a few simple axioms and properties where it's not clear how to find nontrivial examples of such things. | |
| May 11, 2010 at 2:32 | history | answered | Haining Wang | CC BY-SA 2.5 |