Definition
Formally, an elliptic function is a function meromorphic on for which there exist two non-zero complex numbers and with (in other words, not parallel), such that and for all .
Denoting the "lattice of periods" by, it follows that for all .
There are two families of 'canonical' elliptic functions: those of Jacobi and those of Weierstrass. Although Jacobi's elliptic functions are older and more directly relevant to applications, modern authors mostly follow Karl Weierstrass when presenting the elementary theory, because his functions are simpler, and any elliptic function can be expressed in terms of them.
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