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These notes roughly correspond to the course \textbf{V5B1 - Advanced Topics in Complex Analysis} taught by Prof. Ingo Lieb at the Universit\"{a}t Bonn in the Winter 2024/25 semester. These notes are \LaTeX-ed after the fact with significant alteration and are subject to misinterpretation and mistranscription. Use with caution. Any errors are undoubtedly my own and any virtues that could be ascribed to these notes ought be attributed to the instructor and not the typist.
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\section{Basic Results in Complex Analysis}\label{app: basic results}
In this appendix, we collect some basic results of complex analysis, largely following the text of Stein and Shakarchi \cite{SteinShakarchi}.
\begin{theorem}[Identity]\label{thm: identity theorem}
Let $D\subseteq\CC$ be a domain and $f,g$ holomorphic functions on $D$. If the set $\{z\in D:f(z)=g(z)\}$ contains an accumulation point, then $f(z)=g(z)$ for all $z\in D$.
\end{theorem}
\begin{theorem}[Liouville]\label{thm: Liouville}
If $f(z)$ is a holomorphic function such that $|f(z)|\leq M$ for some $M\in\RR_{\geq0}$ then $f$ is constant.
\end{theorem}
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$$H=\{(u,v)\in\CC^{2}:v^{2}=f(u)\}\subseteq\CC^{2}$$
where $f(u)$ is a univariate polynomial of degree 4 with disctinct zeroes.
\end{definition}
Without loss of generality, we can take $f(u)$ to be monic and of the form $u\prod_{i=2}^{4}(u-a_{i})$ by translation. Letting $x=\frac{1}{u}$ we have $v^{2}=\frac{1}{x}\prod_{i=2}^{4}(\frac{1}{x}-a_{i})$ and multiplying with $x^{4}$ we can set $x^{4}v^{2}=(1-a_{2}x)(1-a_{3}x)(1-a_{4}x)$ and again taking $x^{4}v^{2}=y^{2}$ that $y^{2}:(1-a_{2}x)(1-a_{3}x)(1-a_{4}x)$ which is a cubic in $x$ with distinct zeroes that we can put in the Weierstrass normal form for cubics as in \Cref{prop: existence of normal form for cubics} which reduces the study of quartics to the study of cubics.
Without loss of generality, we can take $f(u)$ to be monic and of the form $u\prod_{i=2}^{4}(u-a_{i})$ by translation. Letting $x=\frac{1}{u}$ we have $v^{2}=\frac{1}{x}\prod_{i=2}^{4}(\frac{1}{x}-a_{i})$ and multiplying with $x^{4}$ we can set $x^{4}v^{2}=(1-a_{2}x)(1-a_{3}x)(1-a_{4}x)$ and again taking $x^{4}v^{2}=y^{2}$ that $y^{2}:(1-a_{2}x)(1-a_{3}x)(1-a_{4}x)$ which is a cubic in $x$ with distinct zeroes that we can put in the Weierstrass normal form for cubics as in \Cref{prop: existence of normal form for cubics} which reduces the study of quartics to the study of cubics. The first part of the course will focus on elliptic functions and their connections to number theory.

The first part of the course will focus on elliptic functions and their connections to number theory. Returning to the discussion of the cubic above, we can note that the construction of \Cref{prop: injective on complement of pm i} on restriction to $\QQ$ recovers the rational points on the circle\marginpar{Proposition 2.1} and by normalizing recover Pythagorean triples, those $(a,b,c)\in\NN$ pairwise coprime such that $a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{2}$.\marginpar{Definition 2.1}
Returning to the discussion of the cubic above, we can note that the construction of \Cref{prop: injective on complement of pm i} on restriction to $\QQ$ recovers the rational points on the circle\marginpar{Proposition 2.1} and by normalizing recover Pythagorean triples, those $(a,b,c)\in\NN$ pairwise coprime such that $a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{2}$.\marginpar{Definition 2.1}
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\section{Lecture 2 -- 15th October 2024}\label{sec: lecture 2}
We recall some results on integration theory, first treating the case of rational functions.
\begin{proposition}\label{prop: integral of rational function}
The integral of a rational function can be expresssed as a the sum of a rational function and a linear combination of logarithms of linear forms.\marginpar{Proposition 2.4}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Without loss of generality, by taking the partial fraction decomposition of a rational function, it suffices to consider integrals of the form $\frac{f(z)}{(z-a)^{m}}$ where $f(z)$ is a polynomial in $z$. If $m>1$ then note that $\frac{1}{1-m}\frac{d}{dz}\frac{1}{(z-a)^{m-1}}=\frac{1}{(z-a)^{m}}$ so we can write $\frac{d}{dz}\frac{1}{1-m}\frac{f(z)}{(z-a)^{m-1}}=\frac{f(z)}{(z-a)^{m}}+\frac{f'(z)}{(1-m)(z-a)^{m-1}}$ reducing the integral to the integration of $\frac{f'(z)}{(1-m)(z-a)^{m-1}}+\frac{d}{dz}\frac{1}{1-m}\frac{f(z)}{(z-a)^{m-1}}$. Iterating this procedure, we get to the case of $\frac{f(z)}{(z-a)}$ which can be treated via integration by parts and that $\int\frac{1}{z-a}dz=\log(z-a)$.
\end{proof}
We now turn to the case of integrals related to cubics. Consider the integral
$$\int\frac{1}{\sqrt{4z^{3}-g_{2}z-g_{3}}}dz$$
which arises from the affine regular cubic in normal form as discussed in \Cref{prop: existence of normal form for cubics}. We will soon be able to find a parameterization of the above integral to solve it via the study of elliptic functions.

We begin with a more general treatment of periods of meromorphic functions.
\begin{definition}[Period]\label{def: period}
Let $f(z)$ be a meromorphic function. A complex number $\omega\in\CC$ is a period of $f$ if $f(z+\omega)=f(z)$ for all $z$.\marginpar{Definition 1.1}
\end{definition}
\begin{remark}\label{rmk: zero is a period}
It can be seen that $0\in\CC$ is a period for all meromorphic functions.
\end{remark}
To the end of showing that these periods form a discrete additive subgroup of $\CC$, let us recall the following result concerning the classification of subgroups of discrete subgroups of $\CC$.
\begin{lemma}\label{lem: discrete subgroups of complex numbers}
If $G$ is a discrete additive subgroup of $\CC$ then $G$ is one of the following:\marginpar{Proposition 1.1}
\begin{itemize}
\item The trivial group 0.
\item $\omega\cdot\ZZ$ for $\omega\in\CC$.
\item $\Omega=\{a_{1}\omega_{1}+a_{2}\omega_{2}:a_{1},a_{2}\in\ZZ\}$ with $\frac{\omega_{2}}{\omega_{1}}\in\CC\setminus\RR$.
\end{itemize}
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
If $G$ is trivial, we are done. Otherwise, suppose $G$ is non-trivial and consider $r>0$ such that the closed unit ball $\overline{B_{r}(0)}$ of radius $r$ contains a non-identity element. Since $\overline{B_{r}(0)}$ is compact and $G$ is discrete the intersection $\overline{B_{r}(0)}\cap G$ consists of only finitely many elements of $G$. Take $\omega_{1}$ nonzero in this intersection such that $|\omega_{1}|$ is minimal. This shows $\ZZ\cdot\omega_{1}\leq G$ and we are done if this is an equality.

If $\ZZ\cdot\omega_{1}<G$ then consider some $\omega_{2}\in G\setminus\ZZ\cdot\omega_{1}$ with $|\omega_{2}|$ minimal. We first show that $\frac{\omega_{2}}{\omega_{1}}\notin\RR$. Suppose to the contrary that $\frac{\omega_{2}}{\omega_{1}}\in\RR$. Then there is an integer $n$ such that $n<\frac{\omega_{2}}{\omega_{1}}<n+1$ where the inequalities are strict since $\omega_{2}\in G\setminus\ZZ\cdot\omega_{1}$. As such $|n\omega_{1}-\omega_{2}|<|\omega_{1}|$ contradicting minimality of $|\omega_{1}|$ showing $\ZZ\cdot\omega_{1}\oplus\ZZ\cdot\omega_{2}\leq G$.

Note that since $\omega_{1},\omega_{2}$ are $\RR$-linearly independent, any complex number can be written as an $\RR$-linear combination of $\omega_{1},\omega_{2}$. For $z\in\CC$ expressed as $z=\lambda_{1}\omega_{1}+\lambda_{2}\omega_{2}$ with $\lambda_{1},\lambda_{2}\in\RR$, take $m_{1}m_{2}\in\ZZ$ such that $|\lambda_{1}-m_{1}|,|\lambda_{2}-m_{2}|\leq\frac{1}{2}$. In particular, for $z\in G$ possibly not in $\ZZ\cdot\omega_{1}\oplus\ZZ\cdot\omega_{2}$ we have that $z'=z-m_{1}\omega_{1}-m_{2}\omega_{2}\in G$ as well, but
$$|z'|=|(\lambda_{1}-m_{1})\omega_{1}+(\lambda_{2}-m_{2})\omega_{2}|<\frac{1}{2}|\omega_{1}|+\frac{1}{2}|\omega_{2}|\leq|\omega_{2}|$$
where the strictness of the middle inequality follows from $\RR$-linear independence of $\omega_{1},\omega_{2}$ and the second inequality from $\frac{1}{2}|\omega_{1}|\leq\frac{1}{2}|\omega_{2}|$ by minimality of $|\omega_{1}|$ in $\overline{B_{r}(0)}\cap G$. Now noting that $|\omega_{2}|$ was minimal among $G\setminus\ZZ\cdot\omega_{1}$, we have that $z'\in\ZZ\cdot\omega_{1}$ so for $z'=n\omega_{1}$ we can rewrite $z=(n+m_{1})\omega_{1}+m_{2}\omega_{2}$ showing $z\in\ZZ\cdot\omega_{1}\oplus\ZZ\cdot\omega_{2}$, giving the claim.
\end{proof}
We can now show that periods form an additive subgroup as follows.
\begin{proposition}\label{prop: periods form an additive subgroup}
Let $f(z)$ be a meromorphic function on $\CC$. If $f$ is not constant, then the periods of $f$ form a discrete additive subgroup $\Omega$ of $\CC$.
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Let $\omega,\omega'$ be periods and $-\omega$ the additive inverse of $\omega$ in $\CC$. We can compute
\begin{align*}
f(z+(\omega+\omega'))=f((z+\omega)+\omega')=f(z+\omega')&=f(z) \\
f(z-\omega)=f((z+\omega)-\omega)&=f(z)
\end{align*}
showing that periods are closed under addition and inversion, and contain zero per \Cref{rmk: zero is a period}. Associativity follows from associativity on the group additive group of complex numbers, showing that the periods form a subgroup.

It remains to show discreteness. Let $\omega$ be a period and consider $B_{r}(\omega)$ the open ball of radius $r$ with $r$ chosen small enough that $f$ is analytic on $B_{r}(\omega)$. Suppose to the contrary for each $n\in\NN$ there exists a period $\omega_{n}\in B_{r/n}(\omega)$. Then $|\omega-\omega_{n}|<\frac{r}{n}$ showing that the sequence $\omega_{n}\to\omega$ as $n\to\infty$. By the identity theorem \Cref{thm: identity theorem}, $f$ is constant on $B_{r}(\omega)$, a contradiction, as $f$ is non-constant.
\end{proof}
Elliptic functions are defined in terms of their period group.
\begin{definition}[Elliptic Function]\label{def: elliptic function}
A meromorphic function $f(z)$ is elliptic if its period group contains a lattice.
\end{definition}
\begin{remark}
Elliptic functions are often also known as doubly periodic functions.
\end{remark}
\begin{remark}
Defining elliptic functions in terms of their period group containing a lattice allows constant functions to be elliptic -- since constant functions have period group $\CC$.
\end{remark}
Elliptic functions are determined by their values on their open period parallelogram since for $\Omega$ a lattice, we can define an equivalence relation $z\sim z'$ if $z-z'\in\Omega$.
\begin{definition}[Period Parallelogram]\label{def: period parallelogram}
Let $\Omega=\{a_{1}\omega_{1}+a_{2}\omega_{2}:a_{1},a_{2}\in\ZZ\}\subseteq\CC$ be a lattice. The period parallelogram is given by
$$P_{\Omega}=\{t_{1}\omega_{1}+t_{2}\omega_{2}:0\leq t_{1},t_{2}<1\}\subseteq\CC.$$
\end{definition}
Under the equivalence relation described above, the quotient space $\CC/\Omega$ is an additive group where each point of the period parallelogram is a representative of the quotient. Moreover, this can be seen to be a complex torus using the standard cut-and-paste diagram for a torus in topology which is a compact topological space, and in fact a compact Riemann surface. As such, any $\Omega$-periodic meromorphic function is determined by its values on the torus.

We now consider a general property of lattices before returning to a discussion of periodic functions.
\begin{proposition}\label{prop: absolute convergence of lattice sum}
Let $\Omega=\{a_{1}\omega_{1}+a_{2}\omega_{2}:a_{1},a_{2}\in\ZZ\}\subseteq\CC$ be a lattice. Then $\sum_{\omega\in\Omega\setminus\{0\}}\frac{1}{\omega^{k}}$ is absolutely convergent for $k>2$.\marginpar{Proposition 1.2}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Denote $P_{\ell}$ the parallelogram given by the lattice points of the convex hull of $\pm\ell\omega_{1},\pm\ell\omega_{2}$ and $\partial P_{\ell}$ its boundary. We have that $|\partial P_{\ell}|=8\ell$ and for $C=\max_{\omega\in\partial P_{1}}|\omega|$ and that $(\ell C)^{k}\leq |\omega|^{k}$ for $\omega\in\partial P_{\ell}$. We can compute
\begin{align*}
\sum_{\omega\setminus\{0\}}\frac{1}{|\omega|^{k}} &=\sum_{\ell=1}^{\infty}\sum_{\omega\in\partial P_{\ell}}\frac{1}{|\omega|^{k}} \\
&\leq \sum_{\ell=1}^{\infty}\frac{8\ell}{(\ell C)^{k}} = \frac{8}{C^{k}}\sum_{\ell=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{\ell^{k-1}}
\end{align*}
which is only convergent if $k>2$.
\end{proof}
Let us return to a discussion of ellitpic functions.
\begin{proposition}\label{prop: elliptic functions form a field}
Let $\Omega=\{a_{1}\omega_{1}+a_{2}\omega_{2}:a_{1},a_{2}\in\ZZ\}\subseteq\CC$ be a lattice. Then the elliptic functions with respect to $\Omega$ form a field that is closed under differentiation.
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Double periodicity is preserved under sums, products, differences, and quotients, and the operations distribute in the expected way. Preservation under differentiation follows from the chain rule.
\end{proof}
However, holomorphic elliptic functions are uninteresting.
\begin{proposition}\label{prop: holomorhic elliptic are constant}
Let $f$ be an elliptic function with respect to a lattice $\Omega$. If $f$ is holomorphic, then $f$ is constant.\marginpar{Proposition 2.2}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
The closure of the open period parallelogram $P_{\Omega}$ is compact on which $|f(z)|$ admits a maximum. By periodicity, $f(z)$ is a bounded holomorphic function on $\CC$, from which the claim follows by Liouville's theorem \ref{thm: Liouville}.
\end{proof}
Generalizing our discussion to elliptic functions with poles, we can show the following.
\begin{proposition}\label{prop: residue sum is zero}
Let $f$ be a nonconstant elliptic function and $z_{1},\dots,z_{m}$ the poles of $f$ in $P_{\Omega}$. Then $\sum_{i=1}^{m}\res_{z_{i}}f=0$.\marginpar{Proposition 2.3}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Without loss of generality, we can take the poles to lie in the interior of the open period parallelogram. By Cauchy's residue theorem, we have $\frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{\partial P_{\Omega}}f(z)=\sum_{i=1}^{m}\res_{z_{i}}f$. Denoting $[a,b]$ the oriented straight line path from $a$ to $b$ we compute
\begin{align*}
\frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{\partial P_{\Omega}}f(z)dz &= \int_{[0,\omega_{1}]}f(z)dz + \int_{[\omega_{1},\omega_{1}+\omega_{2}]}f(z)dz\\
&\hspace{1cm}+\int_{[\omega_{1}+\omega_{2},\omega_{2}]}f(z)dz + \int_{[\omega_{2},0]}f(z)dz \\
&= \left(\int_{[0,\omega_{1}]}f(z)dz - \int_{[\omega_{2},\omega_{1}+\omega_{2}]}f(z)dz\right) + \\
&\hspace{1cm} \left(\int_{[\omega_{1},\omega_{1}+\omega_{2}]}f(z)dz-\int_{[0,\omega_{2}]}f(z)dz\right)
\end{align*}
where both of the summands vanish by periodicity of $f$ yielding the claim.
\end{proof}
\begin{remark}\label{rmk: at least two poles}
\Cref{prop: residue sum is zero} implies that an elliptic function has at least two poles when counting with multiplicity.
\end{remark}
Given a non-constant -- and hence meromorphic -- elliptic function, it can be shown that its image is all of $\widehat{\CC}$.
\begin{proposition}
Let $f$ be a non-constant elliptic function. Then $f$ assumes every value in $\widehat{\CC}$ equally often, counting with multiplicity.
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Let $\lambda\in\widehat{\CC}$. Note that the integral $\frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{\partial P_{\Omega}}\frac{f'(z)}{f(z)-\lambda}dz$ computes the difference between the number of times $f$ assumes the value $\lambda$ and $f$ assumes the value $\infty$ which is zero since the integrand is an elliptic function by \Cref{prop: elliptic functions form a field} and zero by \Cref{prop: residue sum is zero}.
\end{proof}
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@Book{zbMATH05971892,
@Book{FischerLieb,
Author = {Fischer, Wolfgang and Lieb, Ingo},
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DOI = {10.1007/978-3-8348-8661-3},
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zbMATH = {5971892},
Zbl = {1238.30001}
Zbl = {1238.30001},
shorthand = {FL12}
}

@Book{SteinShakarchi,
Author = {Stein, Elias M. and Shakarchi, Rami},
Title = {Complex analysis},
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Volume = {2},
ISBN = {0-691-11385-8},
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Publisher = {Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press},
Language = {English},
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}
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