MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Science Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


Complex analysis in physics

Synopsis Functions of a complex variable. Cauchy-Riemann equations. Homotopy theory. Multiply connected spaces. Cauchy's theorem. Contour integrals. Cauchy's integral formula. Taylor and Laurent expansions. Residues and poles. Energy spectrum; the complex E-plane. The residue theorem. Infinite integrals and series. Branch cuts, Riemann surfaces and topology. The Laplace and z transforms. Heaviside step function; the free propagator. The Hilbert transform. Analyticity and causality. Kramers-Kronig relations. Conformal mappings.


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