Life of Fred - Complex Analysis (College Series)

Complex Analysis is the theory of functions of a single complex variable.  (That is: Functions that map from complex numbers to complex numbers.)  This is advanced undergraduate mathematics with applications to even more advanced mathematics, physics, and engineering.  Some of the topics covered:

• Fred's scheduling issues
• Cauchy-Riemann equations; Cauchy-Goursat theorem; Cauchy’s formula
• Derivatives and Integration in the set of complex numbers
• Casorati-Weierstrass theorem; Picard’s theorems; Liouville theorem
• Why the Residue theorem is called a residue
• Red Riding Hood

Life of Fred is a series of math books that break the old pattern of drill and kill. Instead of nothing but dry exposition and endless drill exercises, they contain fun stories about Fred Gauss, a child prodigy math genius. During his hilarious adventures, he encounters situations that call for solving math problems. Dr. Stanley Schmidt wrote these to make math come alive with humor, clear explanations, and silly illustrations that will make math a fun subject. Your children actually want to read these books. The stories carry on through the exercises, leading the student through them.  Many of the books have a series of quizzes called Bridges every few chapters. Passing a quiz means the student is ready for the next chapter. Some books have all the problem solutions in them, while others have separate answer keys or companions. The textbooks are all hardbound, the answer keys are comb-bound.

Hardback, ISBN 9781937032616, 176 pages