 Half-period values of the Weierstrass elliptic function (source code)

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= Half-period values of the Weierstrass elliptic function
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At the three nonzero two-torsion points $z_i$ of $\mathbb C/\Lambda$, put $e_i=\wp(z_i)$. The values are distinct because $\wp(z)=\wp(w)$ exactly when $z\equiv\pm w\pmod\Lambda$.

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