Raghavan Narasimhan – författare

Drawn from lectures given by Raghavan Narasimhan at the University of Geneva and the University of Chicago, this book presents the part of the theory of several complex variables pertaining to unramified domains over C . Topics discussed are Hartogs' theory, domains in holomorphy, and automorphism of bounded domains.

The original edition of this book has been out of print for some years. The appear­ ance of the present second edition owes much to the initiative of Yves Nievergelt at Eastern Washington University, and the support of Ann Kostant, Mathematics Editor at Birkhauser. Since the book was first published, several people have remarked on the absence of exercises and expressed the opinion that the book would have been more useful had exercises been included. In 1997, Yves Nievergelt informed me that, for a decade, he had regularly taught a course at Eastern Washington based on the book, and that he had systematically compiled exercises for his course. He kindly put his work at my disposal. Thus, the present edition appears in two parts. The first is essentially just a reprint of the original edition. I have corrected the misprints of which I have become aware (including those pointed out to me by others), and have made a small number of other minor changes.

The original edition of this book has been out of print for some years. The appear­ ance of the present second edition owes much to the initiative of Yves Nievergelt at Eastern Washington University, and the support of Ann Kostant, Mathematics Editor at Birkhauser. Since the book was first published, several people have remarked on the absence of exercises and expressed the opinion that the book would have been more useful had exercises been included. In 1997, Yves Nievergelt informed me that, for a decade, he had regularly taught a course at Eastern Washington based on the book, and that he had systematically compiled exercises for his course. He kindly put his work at my disposal. Thus, the present edition appears in two parts. The first is essentially just a reprint of the original edition. I have corrected the misprints of which I have become aware (including those pointed out to me by others), and have made a small number of other minor changes.

The original edition of this book has been out of print for some years. The appear­ ance of the present second edition owes much to the initiative of Yves Nievergelt at Eastern Washington University, and the support of Ann Kostant, Mathematics Editor at Birkhauser. Since the book was first published, several people have remarked on the absence of exercises and expressed the opinion that the book would have been more useful had exercises been included. In 1997, Yves Nievergelt informed me that, for a decade, he had regularly taught a course at Eastern Washington based on the book, and that he had systematically compiled exercises for his course. He kindly put his work at my disposal. Thus, the present edition appears in two parts. The first is essentially just a reprint of the original edition. I have corrected the misprints of which I have become aware (including those pointed out to me by others), and have made a small number of other minor changes.

Bernhard Riemanns Werk hat bis heute wesentlichen Einfluß auf die Entwicklung der Mathematik genommen. Seine Ideen sind überraschend modern und prägen die heutige mathematische Forschung. Die Gesammelten Abhandlungen (1892) samt Supplement von 1902 waren seit langer Zeit vergriffen. R. Narasimhan hat die mühevolle Edition dieser Neuausgabe übernommen. Es können nur einige Höhepunkte genannt werden: - H. Weils Kommentare über Riemanns Habilitationsschrift - C.L. Siegel über Riemanns Nachlass zur analytischen Zahlentheorie - W. Wirtingers berühmter Vortrag beim internationalen Mathematikerkongress Heidelberg 1904 über Riemanns Vorlesungen über die hypergeometrische Reihe. Neben diesen historischen Würdigungen von Riemanns Werk gibt es aktuelle Beiträge, insbesondere zur Mechanik und über "shock waves" von S. Chandrasekhar, N. Lebovitz und P. Lax. Raghavan Narasimhan gibt in einer ausführlichen Einleitung eine Würdigung, insbesondere des funktionentheoretischen Werks von Bernhard Riemann. Ferner sind Fotos und zahlreiche Nachträge zum Lebenslauf aufgenommen worden. Eine Bibliographie mit mehr als 800 Literaturstellen erarbeitet von E. Neuenschwander und W. Purkert rundet diese Werkausgabe ab.