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Monodromy Theorem


If a complex function f is analytic in a disk contained in a simply connected domain D and f can be analytically continued along every polygonal arc in D, then f can be analytically continued to a single-valued analytic function on all of D!


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Analytic Continuation

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References

Flanigan, F. J. Complex Variables: Harmonic and Analytic Functions. New York: Dover, p. 234, 1983.Knopp, K. "The Monodromy Theorem." §25 in Theory of Functions Parts I and II, Two Volumes Bound as One, Part I. New York: Dover, pp. 105-111, 1996.Krantz, S. G. "The Monodromy Theorem." §10.3.5 in Handbook of Complex Variables. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser, p. 134, 1999.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Monodromy Theorem." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MonodromyTheorem.html

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