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Handbook of Complex Variables

Handbook of Complex Variables
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Dewey Class 515.9
Title Handbook of Complex Variables ([EBook]) / by Steven G. Krantz.
Author Krantz, Steven George , 1951-
Other name(s) SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication Boston, MA : Birkhäuser , 1999.
Physical Details XXIV, 290 pages : online resource.
ISBN 9781461215882
Summary Note This book is written to be a convenient reference for the working scientist, student, or engineer who needs to know and use basic concepts in complex analysis. It is not a book of mathematical theory. It is instead a book of mathematical practice. All the basic ideas of complex analysis, as well as many typical applica­ tions, are treated. Since we are not developing theory and proofs, we have not been obliged to conform to a strict logical ordering of topics. Instead, topics have been organized for ease of reference, so that cognate topics appear in one place. Required background for reading the text is minimal: a good ground­ ing in (real variable) calculus will suffice. However, the reader who gets maximum utility from the book will be that reader who has had a course in complex analysis at some time in his life. This book is a handy com­ pendium of all basic facts about complex variable theory. But it is not a textbook, and a person would be hard put to endeavor to learn the subject by reading this book.:
Contents note 1 The Complex Plane -- 1.1 Complex Arithmetic -- 1.2 The Exponential and Applications -- 1.3 Holomorphic Functions -- 1.4 The Relationship of Holomorphic and Harmonic Functions -- 2 Complex Line Integrals -- 2.1 Real and Complex Line Integrals -- 2.2 Complex Differentiability and Conformality -- 2.3 The Cauchy Integral Theorem and Formula -- 2.4 A Coda on the Limitations of the Cauchy Integral Formula -- 3 Applications of the Cauchy Theory -- 3.1 The Derivatives of a Holomorphic Function -- 3.2 The Zeros of a Holomorphic Function -- 4 Isolated Singularities and Laurent Series -- 4.1 The Behavior of a Holomorphic Function near an Isolated Singularity -- 4.2 Expansion around Singular Points -- 4.3 Examples of Laurent Expansions -- 4.4 The Calculus of Residues -- 4.5 Applications to the Calculation of Definite Integrals and Sums -- 4.6 Meromorphic Functions and Singularities at Infinity -- 5 The Argument Principle -- 5.1 Counting Zeros and Poles -- 5.2 The Local Geometry of Holomorphic Functions -- 5.3 Further Results on the Zeros of Holomorphic Functions -- 5.4 The Maximum Principle -- 5.5 The Schwarz Lemma -- 6 The Geometric Theory of Holomorphic Functions -- 6.1 The Idea of a Conformal Mapping -- 6.2 Conformal Mappings of the Unit Disc -- 6.3 Linear Fractional Transformations -- 6.4 The Riemann Mapping Theorem -- 6.5 Conformal Mappings of Annuli -- 7 Harmonic Functions -- 7.1 Basic Properties of Harmonic Functions -- 7.2 The Maximum Principle and the Mean Value Property -- 7.3 The Poisson Integral Formula -- 7.4 Regularity of Harmonic Functions -- 7.5 The Schwarz Reflection Principle -- 7.6 Harnack’s Principle -- 7.7 The Dirichlet Problem and Subharmonic Functions -- 7.8 The General Solution of the Dirichlet Problem -- 8 Infinite Series and Products -- 8.1 Basic Concepts Concerning Infinite Sums and Products -- 8.2 The Weierstrass Factorization Theorem -- 8.3 The Theorems of Weierstrass and Mittag-Leffler -- 8.4 Normal Families -- 9 Applications of Infinite Sums and Products -- 9.1 Jensen’s Formula and an Introduction to Blaschke Products -- 9.2 The Hadamard Gap Theorem -- 9.3 Entire Functions of Finite Order -- 10 Analytic Continuation -- 10.1 Definition of an Analytic Function Element -- 10.2 Analytic Continuation along a Curve -- 10.3 The Monodromy Theorem -- 10.4 The Idea of a Riemann Surface -- 10.5 Picard’s Theorems -- 11 Rational Approximation Theory -- 11.1 Runge’s Theorem -- 11.2 Mergelyan’s Theorem -- 12 Special Classes of Holomorphic Functions -- 12.1 Schlicht Functions and the Bieberbach Conjecture -- 12.2 Extension to the Boundary of Conformal Mappings -- 12.3 Hardy Spaces -- 13 Special Functions -- 13.0 Introduction -- 13.1 The Gamma and Beta Functions -- 13.2 Riemann’s Zeta Function -- 13.3 Some Counting Functions and a Few Technical Lemmas -- 14 Applications that Depend on Conformal Mapping -- 14.1 Conformal Mapping -- 14.2 Application of Conformal Mapping to the Dirichlet Problem -- 14.3 Physical Examples Solved by Means of Conformal Mapping -- 14.4 Numerical Techniques of Conformal Mapping -- Appendix to Chapter 14: A Pictorial Catalog of Conformal Maps -- 15 Transform Theory -- 15.0 Introductory Remarks -- 15.1 Fourier Series -- 15.2 The Fourier Transform -- 15.3 The Laplace Transform -- 15.4 The z-Transform -- 16 Computer Packages for Studying Complex Variables -- 16.0 Introductory Remarks -- 16.1 The Software Packages -- Glossary of Terms from Complex Variable Theory and Analysis -- List of Notation -- Table of Laplace Transforms -- A Guide to the Literature -- References.
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Internet Site http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1588-2
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