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Also known as modular j-invariant, J-invariant function

right|thumb|200px|Klein's -invariant in the complex plane

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Definition
  • The fundamental region
  • Class field theory and {{mvar|''j''}}
  • Transcendence properties
  • The {{mvar|q}}-expansion and moonshine
  • Moonshine
  • Alternate expressions
  • Expressions in terms of theta functions
  • Algebraic definition
  • Inverse function
  • Pi formulas
  • Failure to classify elliptic curves over other fields
  • References
  • Notes
  • Other

right|thumb|200px|Klein's -invariant in the complex plane

In mathematics, the -invariant or function is a modular function of weight zero for the special linear group \operatorname{SL}(2,\Z) defined on the upper half-plane of complex numbers. It is the unique such function that is holomorphic away from a simple pole at the cusp such that

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