On Using Flows to Visualize Functions of a Complex Variable

by Tyre Newton and Thomas Lofaro

This article originally appeared in:
Mathematics Magazine
February, 1996

Subject classification(s): Analysis | Complex Analysis
Applicable Course(s): 4.19 Complex Variables

A new technique is described for providing a geometric interpretation of a function of a complex variable.

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