Complex Analysis in One Variable

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Summary: A great way to begin learning Complex Analysis
Review: This book, like each lecture by Narasimhan that I have had the pleasure to hear, exhibits masterful understanding and exposition of the material. His proofs are extremely elegant, and it is always clear where he is going with the material. His writing flows very smoothly, and the addition of exercises to this edition is very helpful in the process of learning to prove things in the various areas covered in the chapter. He also does a great job of allowing one to make the connections between complex analysis and other fields of mathematics, and the notes at the end of each chapter offer interesting insight into the material such as various mathematicians involved in developing the topics and other areas of interest relative to the particular chapter. It is rare that an elementary book on complex analysis goes into further topics like several complex variables and complex manifolds, so if you are interested in learning complex analysis and preparing to extend to further related topics, this is the book for you.