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Liouville's Boundedness Theorem

A bounded entire function in the complex plane C is constant. The fundamental theorem of algebra follows as a simple corollary.

SEE ALSO: Complex Plane, Entire Function, Fundamental Theorem of Algebra

REFERENCES:

Knopp, K. Theory of Functions Parts I and II, Two Volumes Bound as One, Part II. New York: Dover, p. 74, 1996.

Krantz, S. G. "Entire Functions and Liouville's Theorem." §3.1.3 in Handbook of Complex Variables. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser, pp. 31-32, 1999.

Morse, P. M. and Feshbach, H. Methods of Theoretical Physics, Part I. New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 381-382, 1953.




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