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Equianharmonic

In mathematics, and in particular the study of Weierstrass elliptic functions, the equianharmonic case occurs when the Weierstrass invariants satisfy g2 = 0 and g3 = 1. This page follows the terminology of Abramowitz and Stegun; see also the lemniscatic case.

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In mathematics, and in particular the study of Weierstrass elliptic functions, the equianharmonic case occurs when the Weierstrass invariants satisfy g2 = 0 and g3 = 1.1 This page follows the terminology of Abramowitz and Stegun; see also the lemniscatic case. (These are special examples of complex multiplication.)

In the equianharmonic case, the minimal half period ω2 is real and equal to

Γ 3 ( 1 / 3 ) 4 π {\displaystyle {\frac {\Gamma ^{3}(1/3)}{4\pi }}}

where Γ {\displaystyle \Gamma } is the Gamma function. The half period is

ω 1 = 1 2 ( 1 + 3 i ) ω 2 . {\displaystyle \omega _{1}={\tfrac {1}{2}}(-1+{\sqrt {3}}i)\omega _{2}.}

Here the period lattice is a real multiple of the Eisenstein integers.

The constants e1, e2 and e3 are given by

e 1 = 4 1 / 3 e ( 2 / 3 ) π i , e 2 = 4 1 / 3 , e 3 = 4 1 / 3 e ( 2 / 3 ) π i . {\displaystyle e_{1}=4^{-1/3}e^{(2/3)\pi i},\qquad e_{2}=4^{-1/3},\qquad e_{3}=4^{-1/3}e^{-(2/3)\pi i}.}

The case g2 = 0, g3 = a may be handled by a scaling transformation.

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