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Complex analysis, holomorphic functions, automorphic group actions and forms, pseudoconvexity, complex geometry, analytic spaces, analytic sheaves.

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Which proofs of the fundamental theorem of algebra are "essentially the same" vs. "essential...

The classic MO thread Ways to prove the fundamental theorem of algebra contains $60$ proofs of FTA, and I'm sure there are many more in the literature. It would be nice to have some way to organize th …
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30 votes
1 answer
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Which of the proofs of the fundamental theorem of algebra can actually produce bounds on whe...

One of the old classic MO questions is a big-list of proofs of the fundamental theorem of algebra. Here is a second big-list question about this big list: Which of the FTA proofs can, even in prin …
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8 votes
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Defining holomorphic functions in terms of Banach algebras, and similarly for C*-algebras

Let $C$ be the category of commutative Banach algebras and let $U : C \to \text{Set}$ be the usual forgetful functor. The holomorphic functional calculus guarantees that every holomorphic function $f …
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12 votes
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Wick rotation and the Riemann zeta function

The goal of this question is to conceptualize in some way the fact that the Riemann zeta function $\zeta(s)$, and other zeta functions like it, have analytic continuations. Background I have by now …
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17 votes
3 answers
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What is a reasonable finitary analogue of the statement that harmonic functions are smooth?

In my answer to this question on MU, I suggested that the OP think about the difference between real-differentiable and complex-differentiable functions by using a sort of finitary analogue. One way …
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13 votes
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What does the incidence algebra of the lattices in C tell us about modular forms?

I have two different and probably unrelated questions that can both be superficially described by the title, so I hope you'll forgive me if I ask them together. They both fall under the category of t …
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7 votes
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Reference for equivalent definitions of the genus

Let $X$ be a (edit: nonsingular) projective complex algebraic curve. The genus of $X$ can be defined as the dimension of the space of holomorphic $1$-forms on $X$, which in turn can be defined either …