Monthly Archives: November 2014

The Modular Forms Database is Annoying

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Persiflage

It used to be the case, 10 or so years ago, that William Stein maintained a website with extensive tables of \(q\)-expansions of modular forms, computed using magma. However, as the edifice of civilization begins to crumble, this website no … Continue reading →

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Mysterious Formulae

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Persiflage

I’m not one of those mathematicians who is in love with abstraction for its own sake (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I can still be seduced by an explicit example, or even — quell horreur — a definite … Continue reading →

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