Principal Functions
Published on 27. July 2012
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Paperback/Softback
XVIII, 348 pages
978-1-4684-8040-5 (ISBN)
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During the decade and a half that has elapsed since the intro duction of principal functions (Sario [8 J), they have become impor tant tools in an increasing number of branches of modern mathe matics. The purpose of the present research monograph is to systematically develop the theory of these functions and their ap plications on Riemann surfaces and Riemannian spaces. Apart from brief background information (see below), nothing contained in this monograph has previously appeared in any other book. The basic idea of principal functions is simple: Given a Riemann surface or a Riemannian space R, a neighborhood A of its ideal boundary, and a harmonic function s on A, the principal function problem consists in constructing a harmonic function p on all of R which imitates the behavior of s in A. Here A need not be connected, but may include neighborhoods of isolated points deleted from R. Thus we are dealing with the general problem of constructing harmonic functions with given singularities and a prescribed behavior near the ideal boundary. The function p is called the principal function corresponding to the given A, s, and the mode of imitation of s by p. The significance of principal functions is in their versatility.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1968
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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XVIII, 348 p. 1 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
533 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4684-8040-5 (9781468480405)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4684-8038-2
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Burton Rodin | L. Sario
Principal Functions
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01/1968
Springer
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Content
Introduction: What are Principal Functions?.- 0 Prerequisite Riemann Surface Theory.- §1. Topology of Riemann Surfaces.- §2. Analysis on Riemann Surfaces.- I The Normal Operator Method.- §1. The Main Existence Theorem.- §2. Normal Operators.- §3. The Principal Functions p0 and p1.- §4. Special Topics.- II Principal Functions.- §1. Main Extremal Theorem.- §2. Conformal Mapping.- §3. Reproducing Differentials.- §4. Interpolation Problems.- §5. The Theorems of Riemann-Roch and Abel.- §6. Extremal Length.- III Capacity Stability and Extremal Length.- §1. Generalized Capacity Functions.- §2. Extremal Length.- §3. Exponential Mappings of Plane Regions.- §4. Stability.- IV Classification Theory.- §1. Inclusion Relations.- §2. Other Properties of the O-Classes.- V Analytic Mappings.- §1. The Proximity Function.- §2. Analytic Mappings.- §3. Meromorphic Functions.- VI Principal Forms and Fields on Riemannian Spaces.- §1. Principal Functions on Riemannian Spaces.- §2. Principal Forms on Locally Flat spaces.- §3. Principal Forms on Riemannian Spaces.- VII Principal Functions on Harmonic Spaces.- §1. Harmonic Spaces.- §2. Harmonic Functions with General Singularities.- §3. General Principal Function Problem.- Appendix Sario Potentials on Riemann Surfaces.- §1. Continuity Principle.- §2. Maximum Principle.- Author Index.