This book is intended as a first course in the theory of functions of a single complex variable for students (of Engineering, Physics or Mathematics) who have already acquired the fundamental notions of real Mathematical Analysis. It is the English version of an older book, published by Springer in Italian, based on the lectures given by the author to the students of the University of Rome La Sapienza and of the Scuola Superiore di Catania. The claim of mathematical rigor is accompanied by the idea that students should also develop know-how skills: half of the book is devoted to the detailed solution of 288 exercises illustrating, also with figures, the theory. Also, the choice of the topics reflects the above point of view.
Chapter
1. Complex numbers.
Chapter
2. Metric spaces.
Chapter
3.
Limits and continuity.
Chapter
4. Sequences and series of functions.-
Chapter
5. Derivatives and analytic functions.
Chapter
6. Elementary
functions.
Chapter
7. Integrals.
Chapter
8. Taylor and Laurent series.-
Chapter
9. Residues.
Chapter
10. Applications of residues.
Chapter
11.
Further properties of analytic functions.
Carlo Presilla, a graduate and PhD in Physics, is a mathematical physicist presently at the Department of Mathematics at the Sapienza University of Rome. He is the author of approximately 90 publications in prestigious international journals. He taught a course in complex and functional analysis for physics students from 2002 to 2015 and from his lecture notes, he developed a textbook published by Springer in the UNITEXT series.
