June 2009
Intermediate to advanced
1100 pages
42h 22m
English
In this chapter, we deal with functions of complex variables which are useful in evaluating a large number of new definite integrals, the theory of differential equations, the study of electric fields, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics.
Definition 14.1. A complex number z is an ordered pair (x, y) of real numbers x and y.
If z = (x, y) and w = (u, v) are two complex numbers, then their addition and multiplication are defined as
With these operations of addition and multiplication, the complex numbers satisfy the same arithmetic properties as do the real numbers.
If we write the real number x as (x