A self-contained introductory text for beginning graduate students that is contemporary in approach without ignoring historical matters.

A self-contained introductory text for beginning graduate students that is contemporary in approach without ignoring historical matters.

The theory of elliptic curves involves a blend of algebra, geometry, analysis, and number theory. This book stresses this interplay as it develops the basic the

The study of special cases of elliptic curves goes back to Diophantos and Fermat, and today it is still one of the liveliest centers of research in number theor