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$_3F_2$ hypergeometric series and periods of elliptic curves

Number Theory 2012-04-10 v1

Abstract

We express the real period of a family of elliptic curves in terms of classical hypergeometric series. This expression is analogous to a result of Ono which relates the trace of Frobenius of the same family of elliptic curves to a Gaussian hypergeometric series. This analogy provides further evidence of the interplay between classical and Gaussian hypergeometric series.

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@article{arxiv.0906.4508,
  title  = {$_3F_2$ hypergeometric series and periods of elliptic curves},
  author = {Dermot McCarthy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.4508},
  year   = {2012}
}

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9 pages, to appear in the International Journal of Number Theory