In mathematics, and in particular the study of Weierstrass elliptic functions, the equianharmonic case occurs when the Weierstrass invariants satisfy g<sub>2</sub>&nbsp;=&nbsp;0 and g<sub>3</sub>&nbsp;=&nbsp;1.

This page follows the terminology of Abramowitz and Stegun; see also the lemniscatic case. (These are special examples of complex multiplication.)

In the equianharmonic case, the minimal half period &omega;<sub>2</sub> is real and equal to

:<math>\frac{\Gamma^3(1/3)}{4\pi}</math>

where <math>\Gamma</math> is the Gamma function. The half period is

:<math>\omega_1=\tfrac{1}{2}(-1+\sqrt3i)\omega_2.</math>

Here the period lattice is a real multiple of the Eisenstein integers.

The constants e<sub>1</sub>, e<sub>2</sub> and e<sub>3</sub> are given by

:<math>

e_1=4^{-1/3}e^{(2/3)\pi i},\qquad

e_2=4^{-1/3},\qquad

e_3=4^{-1/3}e^{-(2/3)\pi i}.

</math>

The case g<sub>2</sub> = 0, g<sub>3</sub> = a may be handled by a scaling transformation.

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