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Essential Singularity
In complex analysis, an essential singularity of a function is a "severe" singularity near which the function exhibits odd behavior. The category ''essential singularity'' is a "left-over" or default group of isolated singularities that are especially unmanageable: by definition they fit into neither of the other two categories of singularity that may be dealt with in some manner – removable singularities and poles. In practice some include non-isolated singularities too; those do not have a residue. Formal description Consider an open subset U of the complex plane \mathbb. Let a be an element of U, and f\colon U\setminus\\to \mathbb a holomorphic function. The point a is called an ''essential singularity'' of the function f if the singularity is neither a pole nor a removable singularity. For example, the function f(z)=e^ has an essential singularity at z=0. Alternative descriptions Let \;a\; be a complex number, assume that f(z) is not defined at \;a\; but is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essential Singularity
In complex analysis, an essential singularity of a function is a "severe" singularity near which the function exhibits odd behavior. The category ''essential singularity'' is a "left-over" or default group of isolated singularities that are especially unmanageable: by definition they fit into neither of the other two categories of singularity that may be dealt with in some manner – removable singularities and poles. In practice some include non-isolated singularities too; those do not have a residue. Formal description Consider an open subset U of the complex plane \mathbb. Let a be an element of U, and f\colon U\setminus\\to \mathbb a holomorphic function. The point a is called an ''essential singularity'' of the function f if the singularity is neither a pole nor a removable singularity. For example, the function f(z)=e^ has an essential singularity at z=0. Alternative descriptions Let \;a\; be a complex number, assume that f(z) is not defined at \;a\; but is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Set
In mathematics, open sets are a generalization of open intervals in the real line. In a metric space (a set along with a distance defined between any two points), open sets are the sets that, with every point , contain all points that are sufficiently near to (that is, all points whose distance to is less than some value depending on ). More generally, one defines open sets as the members of a given collection of subsets of a given set, a collection that has the property of containing every union of its members, every finite intersection of its members, the empty set, and the whole set itself. A set in which such a collection is given is called a topological space, and the collection is called a topology. These conditions are very loose, and allow enormous flexibility in the choice of open sets. For example, ''every'' subset can be open (the discrete topology), or no set can be open except the space itself and the empty set (the indiscrete topology). In practice, however, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Wolfram
Stephen Wolfram (; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Department of Computer Science. As a businessman, he is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research where he works as chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine. Early life Family Stephen Wolfram was born in London in 1959 to Hugo and Sybil Wolfram, both German Jewish refugees to the United Kingdom. His maternal grandmother was British psychoanalyst Kate Friedlander. Wolfram's father, Hugo Wolfram, was a textile manufacturer and served as managing director of the Lurex Company—makers of the fabric Lurex. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picard's Great Theorem
In complex analysis, Picard's great theorem and Picard's little theorem are related theorems about the range of an analytic function. They are named after Émile Picard. The theorems Little Picard Theorem: If a function f: \mathbb \to\mathbb is entire and non-constant, then the set of values that f(z) assumes is either the whole complex plane or the plane minus a single point. Sketch of Proof: Picard's original proof was based on properties of the modular lambda function, usually denoted by λ, and which performs, using modern terminology, the holomorphic universal covering of the twice punctured plane by the unit disc. This function is explicitly constructed in the theory of elliptic functions. If ''f'' omits two values, then the composition of ''f'' with the inverse of the modular function maps the plane into the unit disc which implies that ''f'' is constant by Liouville's theorem. This theorem is a significant strengthening of Liouville's theorem which states that the im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casorati–Weierstrass Theorem
In complex analysis, a branch of mathematics, the Casorati–Weierstrass theorem describes the behaviour of holomorphic functions near their essential singularities. It is named for Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass and Felice Casorati. In Russian literature it is called Sokhotski's theorem. Formal statement of the theorem Start with some open subset U in the complex plane containing the number z_0, and a function f that is holomorphic on U \setminus \, but has an essential singularity at z_0 . The ''Casorati–Weierstrass theorem'' then states that This can also be stated as follows: Or in still more descriptive terms: The theorem is considerably strengthened by Picard's great theorem, which states, in the notation above, that f assumes ''every'' complex value, with one possible exception, infinitely often on V. In the case that f is an entire function and a = \infty, the theorem says that the values f(z) approach every complex number and \infty, as z tends to infini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riemann Zeta Function
The Riemann zeta function or Euler–Riemann zeta function, denoted by the Greek letter (zeta), is a mathematical function of a complex variable defined as \zeta(s) = \sum_^\infty \frac = \frac + \frac + \frac + \cdots for \operatorname(s) > 1 and its analytic continuation elsewhere. The Riemann zeta function plays a pivotal role in analytic number theory, and has applications in physics, probability theory, and applied statistics. Leonhard Euler first introduced and studied the function over the reals in the first half of the eighteenth century. Bernhard Riemann's 1859 article "On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude" extended the Euler definition to a complex variable, proved its meromorphic continuation and functional equation, and established a relation between its zeros and the distribution of prime numbers. This paper also contained the Riemann hypothesis, a conjecture about the distribution of complex zeros of the Riemann zeta function that is consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point At Infinity
In geometry, a point at infinity or ideal point is an idealized limiting point at the "end" of each line. In the case of an affine plane (including the Euclidean plane), there is one ideal point for each pencil of parallel lines of the plane. Adjoining these points produces a projective plane, in which no point can be distinguished, if we "forget" which points were added. This holds for a geometry over any field, and more generally over any division ring. In the real case, a point at infinity completes a line into a topologically closed curve. In higher dimensions, all the points at infinity form a projective subspace of one dimension less than that of the whole projective space to which they belong. A point at infinity can also be added to the complex line (which may be thought of as the complex plane), thereby turning it into a closed surface known as the complex projective line, CP1, also called the Riemann sphere (when complex numbers are mapped to each point). In the case ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riemann Sphere
In mathematics, the Riemann sphere, named after Bernhard Riemann, is a model of the extended complex plane: the complex plane plus one point at infinity. This extended plane represents the extended complex numbers, that is, the complex numbers plus a value \infty for infinity. With the Riemann model, the point \infty is near to very large numbers, just as the point 0 is near to very small numbers. The extended complex numbers are useful in complex analysis because they allow for division by zero in some circumstances, in a way that makes expressions such as 1/0=\infty well-behaved. For example, any rational function on the complex plane can be extended to a holomorphic function on the Riemann sphere, with the poles of the rational function mapping to infinity. More generally, any meromorphic function can be thought of as a holomorphic function whose codomain is the Riemann sphere. In geometry, the Riemann sphere is the prototypical example of a Riemann surface, and is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principal Part
In mathematics, the principal part has several independent meanings, but usually refers to the negative-power portion of the Laurent series of a function. Laurent series definition The principal part at z=a of a function : f(z) = \sum_^\infty a_k (z-a)^k is the portion of the Laurent series consisting of terms with negative degree. That is, : \sum_^\infty a_ (z-a)^ is the principal part of f at a . If the Laurent series has an inner radius of convergence of 0 , then f(z) has an essential singularity at a, if and only if the principal part is an infinite sum. If the inner radius of convergence is not 0, then f(z) may be regular at a despite the Laurent series having an infinite principal part. Other definitions Calculus Consider the difference between the function differential and the actual increment: :\frac=f'(x)+\varepsilon : \Delta y=f'(x)\Delta x +\varepsilon \Delta x = dy+\varepsilon \Delta x The differential ''dy'' is sometimes called the principal (linear) part of the fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Series
In mathematics, the Laurent series of a complex function f(z) is a representation of that function as a power series which includes terms of negative degree. It may be used to express complex functions in cases where a Taylor series expansion cannot be applied. The Laurent series was named after and first published by Pierre Alphonse Laurent in 1843. Karl Weierstrass may have discovered it first in a paper written in 1841, but it was not published until after his death.. Definition The Laurent series for a complex function f(z) about a point c is given by f(z) = \sum_^\infty a_n(z-c)^n, where a_n and c are constants, with a_n defined by a line integral that generalizes Cauchy's integral formula: a_n =\frac\oint_\gamma \frac \, dz. The path of integration \gamma is counterclockwise around a Jordan curve enclosing c and lying in an annulus A in which f(z) is holomorphic (analytic). The expansion for f(z) will then be valid anywhere inside the annulus. The annulus is shown in red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero (complex Analysis)
In complex analysis (a branch of mathematics), a pole is a certain type of singularity (mathematics), singularity of a complex-valued function of a complex number, complex variable. In some sense, it is the simplest type of singularity. Technically, a point is a pole of a function if it is a zero of a function, zero of the function and is holomorphic function, holomorphic in some neighbourhood (mathematics), neighbourhood of (that is, complex differentiable in a neighbourhood of ). A function is meromorphic function, meromorphic in an open set if for every point of there is a neighborhood of in which either or is holomorphic. If is meromorphic in , then a zero of is a pole of , and a pole of is a zero of . This induces a duality between ''zeros'' and ''poles'', that is fundamental for the study of meromorphic functions. For example, if a function is meromorphic on the whole complex plane plus the point at infinity, then the sum of the multiplicity (mathematics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhood (mathematics)
In topology and related areas of mathematics, a neighbourhood (or neighborhood) is one of the basic concepts in a topological space. It is closely related to the concepts of open set and interior. Intuitively speaking, a neighbourhood of a point is a set of points containing that point where one can move some amount in any direction away from that point without leaving the set. Definitions Neighbourhood of a point If X is a topological space and p is a point in X, then a of p is a subset V of X that includes an open set U containing p, p \in U \subseteq V \subseteq X. This is also equivalent to the point p \in X belonging to the topological interior of V in X. The neighbourhood V need be an open subset X, but when V is open in X then it is called an . Some authors have been known to require neighbourhoods to be open, so it is important to note conventions. A set that is a neighbourhood of each of its points is open since it can be expressed as the union of open sets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
