Complex analysis by Lars V. Ahlfors - how is that?

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Complex analysis : an introduction to the theory of analytic functions of one complex variable / [by] Lars V. Ahlfors.

How do people find it?

[quasar987]

Have you checked out amazon's reviews?

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0070006571/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

I personally prefer the book by Cartan. Not to mention the 120$ difference in price!

[quasar987]

But be warned that Cartan requires a bit more mathematical maturity (for instance, he talks a lot in the language of abstract algebra and makes references to theorems of point set topology).

Another text I prefer to Ahlfors is Lang's (25$):

http://www.amazon.com/Complex-Analysis-Serge-Lang/dp/3540780599/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217817479&sr=1-2

The series is "Graduate Text in Mathematics" but Part I of the book is what's covered by an undergrad course.