What Is the Top Recommended Book on Complex Analysis for Beginners on MHB?

[Math Amateur]

What book do MHB members regard as the best for a rigorous but clear and (moderately) easily understood introduction to complex analysis?

(Note - would be good if the book had hints to solutions of exercise.)

Peter

 

[Joppy]

What book do MHB members regard as the best for a rigorous but clear and (moderately) easily understood introduction to complex analysis?

(Note - would be good if the book had hints to solutions of exercise.)

Peter

The three Complex analysis books on my shelf are:

Introductory complex analysis - Richard A. Silverman

Complex variables, harmonic and analytic functions - Francis J. Flannigan

Visual complex analysis - Tristan Needham (i'm not sure this is the type of book you are after, but it is quite a nice approach!)

Also, i (unfortunately) can't say that i have read these cover to cover in a rigorous fashion.. Especially not the book by Flannigan. But thought i would share anyway.

 

[Ackbach]

I liked Gamelin's Complex Analysis quite a bit. I had that in grad school, but you can easily do the first part for an undergraduate course.