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Function Theory of One Complex Variable: Robert E. Greene

This document provides an overview of the contents of the book "Function Theory of One Complex Variable" by Robert E. Greene and Steven G. Krantz. The book covers fundamental concepts of complex analysis including complex numbers, holomorphic functions, complex line integrals, the Cauchy integral formula, and applications. It examines additional topics such as meromorphic functions, residues, zeros of holomorphic functions, and harmonic functions. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to functions of one complex variable.

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Function Theory of One Complex Variable: Robert E. Greene

This document provides an overview of the contents of the book "Function Theory of One Complex Variable" by Robert E. Greene and Steven G. Krantz. The book covers fundamental concepts of complex analysis including complex numbers, holomorphic functions, complex line integrals, the Cauchy integral formula, and applications. It examines additional topics such as meromorphic functions, residues, zeros of holomorphic functions, and harmonic functions. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to functions of one complex variable.

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FUNCTION THEORY OF

ONE COMPLEX VARIABLE

ROBERT E. GREENE
University of California, Los Angeles

STEVEN G. KRANTZ
Washington University in St. Louis

A Wiley-Interscience Publication
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
New York • Chichester • Weinheim • Brisbane • Singapore • Toronto
CONTENTS

Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii

1. Fundamental Concepts 1
1.1. Elementary Properties of the Complex Numbers, 1
1.2. Further Properties of the Complex Numbers, 3
1.3. Complex Polynomials, 10
1.4. Holomorphic Functions, the Cauchy-Riemann Equations,
and Harmonic Functions, 15
1.5. Real and Holomorphic Antiderivatives, 18
Exercises, 22

2. Complex Line Integrals 30


2.1. Real and Complex Line Integrals, 30
2.2. Complex Differentiability and Conformality, 35
2.3. Antiderivatives Revisited, 42
2.4. The Cauchy Integral Formula and the Cauchy Integral
Theorem, 45
2.5. The Cauchy Integral Formula: Some Examples, 53
2.6. An Introduction to the Cauchy Integral Theorem and the
Cauchy Integral Formula for More General Curves, 56
Exercises, 62

3 Applications of the Cauchy Integral 71


3.1. Differentiability Properties of Holomorphic Functions, 71
3.2. Complex Power Series, 76
3.3. The Power Series Expansion for a Holomorphic
Function, 83
3.4. The Cauchy Estimates and Liouville's Theorem, 87
3.5. Uniform Limits of Holomorphic Functions, 90
3.6. The Zeros of a Holomorphic Function, 93
Exercises, 96
vii
viii CONTENTS

4 Meromorphic Functions and Residues 106


4.1. The Behavior of a Holomorphic Function Near an Isolated
Singularity, 106
4.2. Expansion around Singular Points, 110
4.3. Existence of Laurent Expansions, 114
4.4. Examples of Laurent Expansions, 120
4.5. The Calculus of Residues, 123
4.6. Applications of the Calculus of Residues to the Calculation
of Definite Integrals and Sums, 130
4.7. Meromorphic Functions and Singularities at Infinity, 140
Exercises, 147

5 Zeros of a Holomorphic Function 159


5.1. Counting Zeros and Poles, 159
5.2. The Local Geometry of Holomorphic Functions, 164
5.3. Further Results on the Zeros of Holomorphic
Functions, 168
5.4. The Maximum Modulus Principle, 172
5.5. The Schwarz Lemma, 173
Exercices, 176

6 Holomorphic Functions as Geometric Mappings 181


6.1. Biholomorphic Mappings of the Complex Plane to
Itself, 181
6.2. Biholomorphic Mappings of the Unit Disc to Itself, 184
6.3. Linear Fractional Transformations, 186
6.4. The Riemann Mapping Theorem: Statement and Idea of
Proof, 191
6.5. Normal Families, 194
6.6. Holomorphically Simply Connected Domains, 198
6.7. The Proof of the Analytic Form of the Riemann Mapping
Theorem, 200
Exercises, 203

7 Harmonic Functions 208


7.1. Basic Properties of Harmonic Functions, 209
7.2. The Maximum Principle and the Mean Value
Property, 211
7.3. The Poisson Integral Formula, 213
7.4. Regularity of Harmonic Functions, 220
7.5. The Schwarz Reflection Principle, 222
7.6. Harnack's Principle, 226
CONTENTS ix

7.7. The Dirichlet Problem and Subharmonic Functions, 228


7.8. The Perron Method and the Solution of the Dirichlet
Problem, 237
7.9. Conformal Mappings of Annuli, 241
Exercises, 244

8 Infinite Series and Products 255


8.1. Basic Concepts Concerning Infinite Sums and
Products, 255
8.2. The Weierstrass Factorization Theorem, 263
8.3. The Theorems of Weierstrass and Mittag-Leffler:
Interpolation Problems, 267
Exercises, 276

9 Applications of Infinite Sums and Products 280


9.1. Jensen's Formula and Introduction to Blaschke
Products, 280
9.2. The Hadamard Gap Theorem, 286
9.3. Entire Functions of Finite Order, 289
Exercises, 298

10 Analytic Continuation 300


10.1. Definition of an Analytic Function Element, 300
10.2. Analytic Continuation along a Curve, 305
10.3. The Monodromy Theorem, 308
10.4. The Idea of a Riemann Surface, 311
10.5. The Elliptic Modular Function and Picard's
Theorem, 315
10.6. Elliptic Functions, 323
Exercises, 330

11 Topology 334
11.1. Multiply Connected Domains, 334
11.2. The Cauchy Integral Formula for Multiply Connected
Domains, 336
11.3. Holomorphic Simple Connectivity and Topological
Simple Connectivity, 341
11.4. Simple Connectivity and Connectedness of the
Complement, 341
11.5. Multiply Connected Domains Revisited, 347
Exercises, 349
x CONTENTS

12 Rational Approximation Theory 358


12.1. Runge's Theorem, 358
12.2. Mergelyan's Theorem, 365
12.3. A Few Remarks about Analytic Capacity, 374
Exercises, 377

13 Special Classes of Holomorphic Functions 380


13.1. Schlicht Functions and the Bieberbach Conjecture, 381
13.2. Continuity to the Boundary of Conformal
Mappings, 387
13.3. Hardy Spaces, 397
13.4. Boundary Behavior of Functions in Hardy
Classes*, 402
Exercises, 408

14 Hilbert Spaces of Holomorphic Functions, the Bergman Kernel,


and Biholomorphic Mappings 411
14.1.
The Geometry of Hilbert Space, 411
14.2.
Orthonormal Systems in Hilbert Space, 422
14.3.
The Bergman Kernel, 428
14.4.
Bell's Condition R, 434
14.5.
Smoothness to the Boundary of Conformal
Mappings, 440
Exercises, 444

15 Special Functions and the Prime Number Theorem 447


Introduction, 447
15.1. The Gamma and Beta Functions, 448
15.2. Riemann's Zeta Function, 457
15.3. Some Counting Functions and a Few Technical
Lemmas, 467
15.4. The Proof of the Prime Number Theorem, 475
Exercises, 477

Appendix A Real Analysis 483

Appendix B Statement and Proof of Goursat's Theorem 488

References 491

Index 493

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