This book is a study of how a particular vision of the unity of mathematics, often called geometric function theory, was created. The focus is on the convergence of the hypergeometric and related linear differential equations, group theory, and on-Euclidean geometry.

Chronicles important events not covered anywhere else Discusses the history and development of ideas, not just mathematicians

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Jeremy Gray is a leading historian of modern mathematics. He has been awarded the Leon Whiteman Prize of the American Mathematical Society and the Neugebauer Prize of the European Mathematical Society for his work, and is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Inhalt
Hypergeometric Equations.- Lazarus Fuchs.- Algebraic Solutions to a Differential Equation.- Modular Equations.- Some Algebraic Curves.- Automorphic Functions.