The Eisenstein-type modular invariant $g_2(\tau)$ of weight $4$ associated to the lattice $\Lambda_\tau = \mathbb{Z} + \mathbb{Z}\tau$, defined as $g_2 = 60 \sum'_{\lambda \in \Lambda_\tau} \lambda^{-4}$ (Definition in Section 15.2). It is one of the two basic generators of the ring of modular forms for $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$.
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The modular invariant $g_3(\tau)$ of weight $6$ for the lattice $\Lambda_\tau$, defined as $g_3 = 140 \sum'_{\lambda \in \Lambda_\tau} \lambda^{-6}$ (Definition in Section 15.2). Together with $g_2$ it parametrizes the Weierstrass equation of the elliptic curve $\mathbb{C}/\Lambda_\tau$.
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The discriminant modular form $\Delta(\tau) = g_2(\tau)^3 - 27 g_3(\tau)^2$, a nonvanishing weight-$12$ cusp form on $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$.
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Klein's $j$-invariant $j(\tau) = 1728 \cdot g_2(\tau)^3 / \Delta(\tau)$, the holomorphic modular function that generates the function field of the modular curve $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}) \backslash \mathcal{H}$ and parametrizes isomorphism classes of complex elliptic curves.
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The defining formula for $j$ in terms of lattice invariants: $j(\tau) = 1728 \cdot g_2^3 / \Delta$ where $g_2$ and $\Delta$ are taken from the lattice associated with $\tau$.