Lectures Introductory to the Theory of Functions of Two Complex Variables: Delivered to the University of Calcutta During January and February 1913

These lectures were delivered by the British mathematician Andrew Russell Forsyth at the University of Calcutta in early 1913. Forsyth, a prominent figure in late Victorian and Edwardian mathematics, was invited to share his expertise in complex variable theory, a field he had significantly shaped during his long tenure at Cambridge. The resulting volume serves as a formal record of these academic proceedings, capturing the transition of advanced mathematical discourse between British institutions and colonial universities during the early twentieth century.

The text focuses on the specialized study of functions involving two complex variables, a challenging area of analysis that Forsyth sought to make more accessible through his rigorous, pedagogical approach. His style in this volume reflects the established British tradition of mathematical exposition—precise, dense, and methodical. While the work received attention from the mathematical community for its depth, it also represents an era of academic exchange that helped formalize the curriculum in theoretical analysis at the University of Calcutta.