Complex Variables Demystified |  | Author: David McMahon
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Pages: 275
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Take the complication out of COMPLEX VARIABLES Ready to learn the fundamentals of complex variables but can't seem to get your brain to function on the right level? No problem! Add Complex Variables Demystified to the equation and you'll exponentially increase your chances of understanding this fascinating subject. Written in an easy-to-follow format, this book begins by covering complex numbers, functions, limits, and continuity, and the Cauchy-Riemann equations. You'll delve into sequences, Laurent series, complex integration, and residue theory. Then it's on to conformal mapping, transformations, and boundary value problems. Hundreds of examples and worked equations make it easy to understand the material, and end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam help reinforce learning. This fast and easy guide offers: Numerous figures to illustrate key concepts Sample problems with worked solutions Coverage of Cauchy-Riemann equations and the Laplace transform Chapters on the Schwarz-Christoffel transformation and the gamma and zeta functions - A time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work
Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Complex Variables Demystified is your integral tool for understanding this essential mathematics topic.
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 NEEDED ANOTHER RUN THROUGH BY AN EDITOR March 1, 2009
William Meisel (Jacksonville, FL)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I wish I could give this more stars. Mcmahon's explanations are often quite good, and the use of graphics in helping understand what complex functions look like is nicely done, but: there are still too many typos for me to think this would be useful to someone who did not already know the material. Some of the typos you might be expected to figure out, e.g., an integral should go from negative infinity to positive infinity, not from negative infinity to negative infinity. But there are other, more substantial typos (including what I am almost positive is a mistake in a problem showing how to use residues to do an inverse Laplace Transform.)
Verdict? Maybe wait for the second edition?
Not bad for an undergrad July 20, 2009
James Jepsen (Chesterton, IN)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is not too bad for the undergraduate that needs a little encouragement. The organization is nice but the completeness is not up to standard with most graduate level text books I have seen.
 Way too many errors. March 20, 2010
Matthew Buckley
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to agree with the other reviewers - only I'd give it 2 stars. Most textbooks on this subject seem to be strictly theorem, proof, theorem, proof, etc. with no practical examples. This text offers more, but literally has a serious typo per page. When you're trying to learn complex analysis, it's a bit much to have to decide when the author is wrong.
Needs a lot of work ... March 28, 2010
William C. Bauldry
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unfortunately, there is a large number of typos and a fair number of mathematical errors in the text. Several examples (e.g., the sole example for Cauchy's integral formulas) seem to be from another book on PDE's rather than for complex analysis. The graphics also need a lot of work to make them better and more illustrative.
Overall, a nice idea, but it needs several rounds of copy-editing and error checking. As it stands, the book is not a good choice for learning about complex variables.
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