ERRATA
Visual Complex Analysis

PLEASE NOTE:: The errors listed below only occur in the original hardback edition; they have all been corrected in the new paperback edition [published December 1998]. In due course a separate errata page will be created for the paperback.

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PAGE LINE CORRECTION
ix
11
Missing "a" in "increase by a small amount"
xi 11 from bottom For "rigourous" read "rigorous"
7 3 from bottom
33 12 from bottom
(not counting footnote)
"come to be known"
59 14 from bottom q² < p³
60 9 and 7 from bottom For "taught" read "taut"
61 3 and 2 from bottom "if we change z |—> Q(z) to z |—> Q(z) + c"
65 equation (4) 1/(a - x) = ...
69 16
83 9 "...uses Ex.5, p.46,..."
88 5 from bottom ib = i sinh c
89 8 y = c
95 4 from bottom "starts to deviate wildly."
96 16 from bottom (15) instead of (17)
114 Ex. 13
138 7 In the italicized statement, for "product of the diagonal" read "product of the diagonals"
148 9
166 5 from bottom
176 7 Missing space: "Anautomorphism of a region"
178 Second paragraph:
186 Ex. 19 (ii) Missing "the" in "centre of the image circles"
191 top line "mapping on one"
194 8 from bottom y = f(x)
209 7 In the italicized statement, it should read "An orientation preserving mapping is conformal if and only if..."
212 Ex. 9 For "rigourous" read "rigorous"
254 last line
(not including footnote)
"beyond lines and circles"
260 Ex. 17 (i) Should end with a full stop, not a question mark: "vanishing curvature at f(p)."
286 top of page

[This is an addition,
not a correction.]

293 6 from bottom Repeated word: "it it is therefore sufficient"
294 equation (30)
295 5 from bottom Repeated word: "the the same angle"
348 8
356 9 "Returning to matters of theory"
362 7 from bottom Should be etc., instead of H [A, B]
386 11
399 3 "winding it around an"
414 10 For "rigourous" read "rigorous"
423 Ex. 17 (iii) The RHS is missing a factor of i
426 Ex. 26 (ii) In the denominator, it should be bm instead of bn
434 13 from bottom For "Chapter 6" read "Chapter 7"
444 10 and 14 In both places, for "L" read
462 2 and 11 "RHS of (3)" and "LHS of (3)" should be "RHS and LHS of Index Theorem"
473 third equation
479 8 "and KP is the sum of its principal curvatures."
484 last line Should be (14) instead of (11)
485 10 from bottom "breathes"
487 4 Should be conjugate of C = ...
497 8 "...how it is possible..."
502 top formula
506 4 No line break: "Braden's Theorem6"
543 21 "Refer to [15]." should be "Refer to [25] and [15]."
577 R. Penrose [1989] For "Emporer's" read "Emperor's"

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