Handbook of Complex Variables (1999)

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.