Cauchy-Riemann Equations/Polar Form
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Theorem
Let $D \subseteq \C$ be an open subset of the set of complex numbers $\C$.
Let $f: D \to \C$ be a complex function on $D$.
Let $u, v: \set {\tuple {x, y} \in \R^2: x + i y = z \in D} \to \R$ be the two real-valued functions defined as:
\(\ds \map u {x, y}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map \Re {\map f z}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \map v {x, y}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map \Im {\map f z}\) |
where:
- $\map \Re {\map f z}$ denotes the real part of $\map f z$
- $\map \Im {\map f z}$ denotes the imaginary part of $\map f z$.
The Cauchy-Riemann equations can be expressed in polar form as:
\(\text {(1)}: \quad\) | \(\ds \dfrac {\partial u} {\partial r}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \dfrac 1 r \dfrac {\partial v} {\partial \theta}\) | |||||||||||
\(\text {(2)}: \quad\) | \(\ds \dfrac 1 r \dfrac {\partial u} {\partial \theta}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds -\dfrac {\partial v} {\partial r}\) |
where $z$ is expressed in exponential form as:
- $z = r e^{i \theta}$
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Source of Name
This entry was named for Augustin Louis Cauchy and Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann.
Sources
- 1964: Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun: Handbook of Mathematical Functions ... (previous) ... (next): $3$: Elementary Analytic Methods: $3.7$ Complex Numbers and Functions: Complex Functions, Cauchy-Riemann Equations: $3.7.31$