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\section*{A bibliography}

Modular forms are treated in \cite{diamond-shurman}; for the history of the subject see \cite{hardy}
and \cite{serre}. Several at once: \cite{serre, hardy}.

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\bibitem{diamond-shurman} F. Diamond and J. Shurman, \emph{A First Course in Modular Forms}, Springer, 2005.
\bibitem{hardy} G. H. Hardy, \emph{Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures}, Cambridge University Press, 1940.
\bibitem{serre} J.-P. Serre, \emph{A Course in Arithmetic}, Springer, 1973.
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