This is a very successful textbook for undergraduate students of pure mathematics. Students often find the subject of complex analysis very difficult. Here the authors, who are experienced and well-known expositors, avoid many of such difficulties by using two principles: (1) generalising concepts familiar from real analysis; (2) adopting an approach which exhibits and makes use of the rich geometrical structure of the subject. An opening chapter provides a brief history of complex analysis which sets it in context and provides motivation.
By:
Ian Stewart, David Tall Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 620g ISBN:9780521245135 ISBN 10: 0521245133 Pages: 304 Publication Date:09 May 1983 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Replaced By: 9780521287630 Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Preface; Acknowledgement; 1. The origins of complex analysis and a modern viewpoint; 2. Algebra of the complex plane; 3. Topology of the complex plane; 4. Power series; 5. Differentiation; 6. The exponential function; 7. Integration; 8. Angles, logarithms and the winding number; 9. Cauchy's theorem; 10. Homotopy versions of Cauchy's theorem; 11. Taylor series; 12. Laurent series; 13. Residues; 14. Conformal transformations; 15. Analytic continuation; Index.