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Interactive explainers that let you move the mathematics: drag ε and watch δ answer, walk the topologist's sine curve, trap a subsequence by bisection, watch Newton's method fall into a cycle. 15 are free to play right here — the rest come with Trap Analysis.

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Narrated walk-throughs of the trickiest ideas, made for this site — no ads, no recommendations pulling you elsewhere. Free to watch whether or not the interactive below is unlocked.

Unit 2Zeros and Mappings › Argument principle, Rouché's theorem, open mapping#

Rouché in action: counting the zeros of z⁵ + 3z + 1interactivefree

Step 1 / 5The question

How many zeros does p(z)=z5+3z+1p(z) = z^5 + 3z + 1 have inside ∣z∣<1|z| < 1? And inside ∣z∣<2|z| < 2?

No formula finds these roots — but Rouché's theorem counts them without finding them.

Unit 2Analytic Functions › Cauchy–Riemann equations, harmonic functions#

Cauchy–Riemann: satisfied at a point, holomorphic nowhereinteractivefree

Step 1 / 4The equations

Writing f=u+ivf = u+iv, complex differentiability at a point requires

ux=vy,uy=−vx.u_x = v_y, \qquad u_y = -v_x.

These are necessary. They are not, on their own, sufficient.

Unit 2Cauchy Theory › Cauchy's theorem and integral formula#

Cauchy's integral formula, and what it gives you for freeinteractivefree

Step 1 / 4The theorem

If ff is holomorphic on and inside a simple closed contour CC, then ∮Cf=0\oint_C f = 0. If aa is inside CC,

f(a)=12πi∮Cf(z)z−a dz.f(a) = \frac{1}{2\pi i}\oint_C \frac{f(z)}{z-a}\,dz.

The value at an interior point is determined entirely by the boundary values.

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