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Elliptic integral as quantity associated with Riemann surface?
There are many elliptic integrals, so to show my point let me
just pick one of them (complete elliptic integral of the first
kind [1]):
$$K(k) = \int_{0}^{1} \frac {dx} {\sqrt{(1-x^{2})(1-k^{2}x^{2})}}...
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Geometric interpretation of Theta functions and the Jacobi inversion problem
A great part of complex geometry and, algebraic geometry has been developed to address the theory of abelian integrals/functions. A very special problem that kept many great mathematicians busy was ...