Numerical conformal mapping
Complex Variables
2025-07-22 v1
Abstract
Conformal mapping may be the best-known topic in complex analysis. Any simply connected nonempty domain in the complex plane (assuming ) can be mapped bijectively to the unit disk by an analytic function with nonvanishing derivative, as in Figure 1. If is doubly-connected, it can be mapped to a circular annulus for some , called the conformal modulus, which is uniquely determined by , as in Figure 2. If has connectivity higher than , it can be mapped onto various canonical domains such as a disk with exclusions in the form of slits or smaller disks, as in Figure 3.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2507.14872,
title = {Numerical conformal mapping},
author = {Lloyd N. Trefethen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.14872},
year = {2025}
}