Physicists construct theories to describe nature. Let us explain it through an analogy with something that we can do in our everyday life, like going on a hike in the mountains. To avoid getting lost, ...

Several years ago one of us, Toni, asked another of us, Marco, to come to his office at the Institute of Photonic Sciences, a large research center in Castelldefels near Barcelona. “There is a problem ...

This course will introduce you to the theory of functions of complex variables, which is a core area of mathematics. It is a basic tool in many mathematical theories. We will cover complex numbers and ...

AN editorial preface by Mr. H. P. Young, an appreciative foreword by Dr. Alexander Russell, the usual author's preface, four chapters of elementary ‘pure’ mathematics (complex numbers and calculus), a ...

Dr Vesife Hatisaru took a look at one of the hardest questions from this year’s mathematics specialist exam, which focused on complex numbers.