18 Special functions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Part I
5. 1 Complex numbers and their properties 1
6. 2 Functions of complex variable 19
7. 3 Analytic functions (differentiability) 34
8. 4 Integration of functions of complex variable (curve integration) 50
9. 5 Cauchy theorem and Cauchy integral formulae 57
10. Exercises 73
11. Part II
12. 6 Fundamental theorem of integration 79
13. 7 Harmonic functions and mean value formulae 83
14. 8 Liouville’s theorem and the fundamental theorem of algebra 98
15. 9 Representation of analytic functions via the power series 101
16. 10 Laurent’s expansions 117
17. 11 Residues and their calculus 135
18. 12 The principle of the argument and Rouche’s theorem 144
19. 13 Calculation of integrals by residue theory 149
20. 14 Calculation of series by residue theory 170
21. 15 Entire functions 175
22. Exercises 193
23. Part III
24. 16 Conformal mappings 199
25. 17 Laplace transform 220
26. 18 Special functions 247
27. Exercises 340
28. Bibliography 349
29. Index 351