§23.3 Differential Equations
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§23.3(i) Invariants, Roots, and Discriminant
The lattice invariants are defined by
23.3.1
23.3.2
The lattice roots satisfy the cubic equation
23.3.3
and are denoted by
. The discriminant
(§1.11(ii)) is given by
23.3.4
In consequence,
23.3.5
23.3.6
23.3.7
Let
, or equivalently
be nonzero, or
be distinct. Given
and
there is a unique lattice
such that
(23.3.1) and (23.3.2) are satisfied. We may therefore define
23.3.8
Similarly for
and
.
As functions of
and
,
and
are meromorphic and
is entire.
Conversely,
,
, and the set
are determined
uniquely by the lattice
independently of the choice of generators.
However, given any pair of generators
,
of
,
and with
defined by (23.2.1), we can identify the
individually, via
23.3.9
.
In what follows, it will be assumed that (23.3.9) always applies.

