2nd Edition

Complex Variables A Physical Approach with Applications

By Steven G. Krantz Copyright 2019
    378 Pages 96 B/W Illustrations
    by Chapman & Hall

    378 Pages 96 B/W Illustrations
    by Chapman & Hall

    377 Pages 96 B/W Illustrations
    by Chapman & Hall

    The idea of complex numbers dates back at least 300 years—to Gauss and Euler, among others. Today complex analysis is a central part of modern analytical thinking. It is used in engineering, physics, mathematics, astrophysics, and many other fields. It provides powerful tools for doing mathematical analysis, and often yields pleasing and unanticipated answers.



    This book makes the subject of complex analysis accessible to a broad audience. The complex numbers are a somewhat mysterious number system that seems to come out of the blue. It is important for students to see that this is really a very concrete set of objects that has very concrete and meaningful applications.





    Features:









    • This new edition is a substantial rewrite, focusing on the accessibility, applied, and visual aspect of complex analysis




    • This book has an exceptionally large number of examples and a large number of figures.






    • The topic is presented as a natural outgrowth of the calculus. It is not a new language, or a new way of thinking.






    • Incisive applications appear throughout the book.






    • Partial differential equations are used as a unifying theme.






    Basic Ideas



    The Exponential and Applications



    Holomorphic and Harmonic Functions



    The Cauchy Theory



    Applications of the Cauchy Theory



    Isolated Singularities



    Meromorphic Functions



    The Calculus of Residues



    The Argument Principle



    The Maximum Principle



    The Geometric Theory



    Applications of Conformal Mapping



    Harmonic Functions



    The Fourier Theory



    Other Transforms



    Boundary Value Problems



     



     

    Biography

    Steven G. Krantz is a professor of mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis. He has previously taught at UCLA, Princeton University, and Pennsylvania State University. He has written more than 130 books and more than 250 scholarly papers and is the founding editor of the Journal of Geometric Analysis. An AMS Fellow, Dr. Krantz has been a recipient of the Chauvenet Prize, Beckenbach Book Award, and Kemper Prize. He received a Ph.D. from Princeton University.