holomorphic functions of several variables
Definition.
Let be a domain and let be a function. is called if it is holomorphic (http://planetmath.org/Holomorphic) in each variable separately as a function of one variable.
That means that the function
is holomorphic as a function of one variable. It is not at all obvious that
such a function is even continuous and we must apply the Hartogs’s theorem on separate
analyticity which is not a trivial result.
Historically and some authors today still continue to do so, the definition of being holomorphic in several variables did include the continuity or at least local boundedness requirement.
Of course we can also characterize holomorphic functions by their power series.
Proposition.
is holomorphic in if and only if near each point there is a neighbourhood and a power series in several variables
where ranges over all the multi-indices, and such that the series converges to for .
Another way to characterize holomorphic functions is by the use of the
Cauchy-Riemann equations, which can be given in a very form by the
-operator (http://planetmath.org/BarpartialOperator).
Proposition.
is holomorphic if and only if .
Despite the similarities,
one should be careful about carelessly generalizing results about functions
of one variable to functions of several variables as the theory is quite
different. See the topic entry on several complex variables for more
.
References
- 1 Lars Hörmander. , North-Holland Publishing Company, New York, New York, 1973.
- 2 Steven G. Krantz. , AMS Chelsea Publishing, Providence, Rhode Island, 1992.
Title | holomorphic functions of several variables |
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Canonical name | HolomorphicFunctionsOfSeveralVariables |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 15:33:42 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 15:33:42 |
Owner | jirka (4157) |
Last modified by | jirka (4157) |
Numerical id | 7 |
Author | jirka (4157) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 32A10 |