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Elliptic function of level $4$
E. Yu. Bunkova Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Gubkina 8, Moscow, 119991 Russia
Abstract:
The article is devoted to the theory of elliptic functions of level
$n$. An elliptic function of level
$n$ determines a Hirzebruch genus called an elliptic genus of level
$n$. Elliptic functions of level
$n$ are also of interest because they are solutions of the Hirzebruch functional equations. The elliptic function of level
$2$ is the Jacobi elliptic sine function, which determines the famous Ochanine–Witten genus. It is the exponential of the universal formal group of the form
$F(u,v)=(u^2-v^2)/(uB(v)-vB(u))$,
$B(0)=1$. The elliptic function of level
$3$ is the exponential of the universal formal group of the form
$F(u,v)=(u^2A(v)-v^2 A(u))/(uA(v)^2-vA(u)^2)$,
$A(0)=1$,
$A''(0)=0$. In the present study we show that the elliptic function of level
$4$ is the exponential of the universal formal group of the form
$F(u,v)=(u^2A(v)-v^2A(u))/(uB(v)-vB(u))$, where
$A(0)=B(0)=1$ and for
$B'(0)=A''(0)=0$,
$A'(0)=A_1$, and
$B''(0)=2B_2$ the following relation holds:
$(2B(u)+3A_1u)^2=4A(u)^3-(3A_1^2-8B_2)u^2A(u)^2$. To prove this result, we express the elliptic function of level
$4$ in terms of the Weierstrass elliptic functions.
UDC:
512.741+
515.178.2+
517.965 Received: May 11, 2016
DOI:
10.1134/S0371968516030122