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| PAGE | LINE | CORRECTION |
| ix |
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Missing "a" in "increase |
| xi | 11 from bottom | For "rigourous" read "rigorous" |
| 7 | 3 from bottom |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 138 | 7 | In the italicized statement, for "product of the diagonal" read "product of the diagonals" |
| 148 | 9 |
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| 166 | 5 from bottom |
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| 176 | 7 | Missing space: "Anautomorphism of a region" |
| 178 | Second paragraph: |
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| 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, |
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| 293 | 6 from bottom | Repeated word: "it it is therefore sufficient" |
| 294 | equation (30) |
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| 295 | 5 from bottom | Repeated word: "the the same angle" |
| 348 | 8 |
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| 356 | 9 | "Returning to matters of theory" |
| 362 | 7 from bottom |
Should be |
| 386 | 11 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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