Synopsis
Undergraduate text for math and engineering majors on topics in the theory and applications of complex variables. This edition (1st was 1986) includes a rewritten discussion of Cauchy's Theorem. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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The most important topics in the theory and application of complex variables receive a thorough, coherent treatment in this introductory text. Intended for undergraduates or graduate students in science, mathematics, and engineering, this volume features hundreds of solved examples, exercises, and applications designed to foster a complete understanding of complex variables as well as an appreciation of their mathematical beauty and elegance.
Prerequisites are minimal; a three-semester course in calculus will suffice to prepare students for discussions of these topics: the complex plane, basic properties of analytic functions (including a rewritten and reorganized discussion of Cauchy's Theorem), analytic functions as mappings, analytic and harmonic functions in applications, and transform methods. Useful appendixes include tables of conformal mappings and Laplace transforms, as well as solutions to odd-numbered exercises.
Students and teachers alike will find this volume, with its well-organized text and clear, concise proofs, an outstanding introduction to the intricacies of complex variables.
Unabridged Dover (1999) republication of the work published by Wadsworth & Brooks, Pacific Grove, California, 1990.
Synopsis
This text provides a direct route to the most important topics in basic theory and applications of complex variables. Definitions and theorems are not given in their greatest possible generality. The presentation emphasizes areas of complex variables that have much in common with concepts students have studied in calculus. This new edition contains many improvements in expositions as a result of suggestions by users of the first edition. Throughout, the text has been rearranged and clarified.
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