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Concept
Quarter period
Summary
In mathematics, the quarter periods K(m) and iK ′(m) are special functions that appear in the theory of elliptic functions.
The quarter periods K and iK ′ are given by
and
When m is a real number, 0 < m < 1, then both K and K ′ are real numbers. By convention, K is called the real quarter period and iK ′ is called the imaginary quarter period. Any one of the numbers m, K, K ′, or K ′/K uniquely determines the others.
These functions appear in the theory of Jacobian elliptic functions; they are called quarter periods because the elliptic functions and are periodic functions with periods and However, the function is also periodic with a smaller period (in terms of the absolute value) than , namely .
The quarter periods are essentially the elliptic integral of the first kind, by making the substitution . In this case, one writes instead of , understanding the difference between the two depends notationally on whether or is used. This notational difference has spawned a terminology to go with it:
is called the parameter
is called the complementary parameter
is called the elliptic modulus
is called the complementary elliptic modulus, where
the modular angle, where
the complementary modular angle. Note that
The elliptic modulus can be expressed in terms of the quarter periods as
and
where and are Jacobian elliptic functions.
The nome is given by
The complementary nome is given by
The real quarter period can be expressed as a Lambert series involving the nome:
Additional expansions and relations can be found on the page for elliptic integrals.
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