COMPLEX VARIABLES AND APPLICATIONS Author:RUEL V. CHURCHILL "The purpose of this book is twofold: (1) to give a sound and straightforward presentation of theory through the differential and integral calculus of analytic functions, residues, and conformal transformations and the connections between analytic and harmonic functions. ... (2) To give a full introduction to some of the important applications i... more »n applied mathemetics, engineering, and physics, and to link these applications carefully to the theory. Methods of evaluating real integrals with the aid of residue theory and contour integration are discussed. Emphasis is given to the process of using conformal mapping and other parts of the equation to determine electric potentials, steady temperatures, or the nature of fluids past obstacles. ...« less