Lars V. Ahlfors (1907–1996)
Author of Complex Analysis: An Introduction to the Theory of Analytic Functions of One Complex Variable
About the Author
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Works by Lars V. Ahlfors
Complex Analysis: An Introduction to the Theory of Analytic Functions of One Complex Variable (1953) 275 copies, 1 review
Conformal Invariants: Topics in Geometric Function Theory (McGraw-Hill series in higher mathematics) (1973) 12 copies
Advances in the theory of Riemann surfaces : proceedings of the 1969 Stony Brook conference (1971) 3 copies
Kuazikonform Dönüşümler 1 copy
Contributions to the theory of Riemann surfaces : centennial celebration of Riemann's dissertation (1953) 1 copy
Conformal Invariants 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Ahlfors, Lars V.
- Legal name
- Ahlfors, Lars Valerian
- Birthdate
- 1907-04-18
- Date of death
- 1996-10-11
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Helsinki
- Occupations
- mathematician
university professor - Organizations
- University of Helsinki
ETH Zurich
Harvard University - Awards and honors
- Fields Medal (1936)
Wihuri Prize (1968)
Wolf Prize (Mathematics ∙ 1981) - Nationality
- Finland
- Associated Place (for map)
- Finland
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Reviews
A beautiful exposition of complex analysis. One warning, though: you should have a good understanding of complex algebra and calculus before reading this text, as it is dense.
Indeholder "Acknowledgments", "Chapter I. Differentiable Quasiconformal Mappings", " Introduction", " A. The Problem and Definition of Grötzsch", " B. Solution of Grötzsch's Problem", " C. Composed Mappings", " D. Extremal Length", " E. A Symmetry Principle", " F. Dirichlet Integrals", "Chapter II. The General Definition", " A. The Geometric Approach", " B. The Analytic Approach", "Chapter III. Extremal Geometric Properties", " A. Three Extremal Problems", " B. Elliptic and Modular show more Functions", " C. Mori's Theorem", " D. Quadruplets", "Chapter IV. Boundary Correspondence", " A. The M-condition", " B. The Sufficiency of the M-condition", " C. Quasi-isometry", " D. Quasiconformal Reflection", " E. The Reverse Inequality", "Chapter V. The Mapping Theorem", " A. Two Integral Operators", " B. Solution of the Mapping Problem", " C. Dependence on Parameters", " D. The Calderón-Zygmund Inequality", "Chapter VI. Teichmüller Spaces", " A. Preliminaries", " B. Beltrami Differentials", " C. Delta is Open", " D. The Infinitesimal Approach".
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