{"product_id":"9781400881253","title":"Complex Ball Quotients and Line Arrangements in the Projective Plane (MN-51)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces the theory of complex surfaces through a comprehensive look at finite covers of the projective plane branched along line arrangements. Paula Tretkoff emphasizes those finite covers that are free quotients of the complex two-dimensional ball. Tretkoff also includes background on the classical Gauss hypergeometric function of one variable, and a chapter on the Appell two-variable F1 hypergeometric function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe material in this book began as a set of lecture notes, taken by Tretkoff, of a course given by Friedrich Hirzebruch at ETH Zürich in 1996. The lecture notes were then considerably expanded by Hirzebruch and Tretkoff over a number of years. In this book, Tretkoff has expanded those notes even further, still stressing examples offered by finite covers of line arrangements. The book is largely self-contained and foundational material is introduced and explained as needed, but not treated in full detail. References to omitted material are provided for interested readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAimed at graduate students and researchers, this is an accessible account of a highly informative area of complex geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165112516848,"sku":"9781400881253","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400881253_p0.jpg?v=1763713079","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400881253","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}