Download or read book Elementary Theory of L-functions and Eisenstein Series written by Haruzo Hida and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-02-11 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of p-adic and classic modular forms, and the study of arithmetic and p-adic L-functions has proved to be a fruitful area of mathematics over the last decade. Professor Hida has given courses on these topics in the USA, Japan, and in France, and in this book provides the reader with an elementary but detailed insight into the theory of L-functions. The presentation is self contained and concise, and the subject is approached using only basic tools from complex analysis and cohomology theory. Graduate students wishing to know more about L-functions will find that this book offers a unique introduction to this fascinating branch of mathematics.