Partial and Local Argument Properties of Holomorphic and Meromorphic Complex Functions in Several Variables

Abstract

The study describes a general argument analysis technique for holomorphic and meromorphic complex functions in several variables, or simply n-variable complex functions with n≥2. Argument analytic relationships for n-variable complex functions with significance similar to the argument principle for one-variable ones are retrieved partially and locally. More precisely, argument analysis in n-variable complex functions is carried out one-by-one in terms of each and all variables, namely, partially, so that argument-principle-like relations are established in poly-disc neighborhoods of the variable domains, namely locally. The technique is applicable graphically with loci plotting, independent of Cauchy integral contour and locus orientations; it is also numerically tractable without loci plotting via argument incremental integration. Numerical examples are included to illustrate the main results.