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In mathematical analysis, a domain is any connected open subset of a finite-dimensional vector space. This is a different concept than the domain of a function, though it is often used for that purpose, for example in partial differential equations and Sobolev spaces. Various degrees of smoothness of the boundary of the domain are required for various properties of functions defined on the domain to hold, such as integral theorems (Green's theorem, Stokes theorem), properties of Sobolev spaces, and to define measures on the boundary and spaces of traces (generalized functions defined on the boundary). Commonly considered types of domains are domains with continuous boundary, Lipschitz boundary, ''C''1 boundary, and so forth. A Bounded domain is a domain which is a bounded set, while an Exterior or external domain is the interior of the complement of a bounded domain. In complex analysis, a complex domain (or simply domain) is any connected open subset of the complex plane ℂ. For example, the entire complex plane is a domain, as is the open unit disk, the open upper half-plane, and so forth. Often, a complex domain serves as the domain of definition for a holomorphic function. In the study of several complex variables, the definition of a domain is extended to include any connected open subset of ℂ''n''. ==Historical notes== (Free English translation) "''An open set is connected if it cannot be expressed as the sum of two open sets. An open connected set is called a domain''": Carathéodory considers obviously non empty disjoint sets. According to Hans Hahn,〔See .〕 the concept of a domain as an open connected set was introduced by Constantin Carathéodory in his famous book . Hahn also remarks that the word "''Gebiet''" ("''Domain''") was occasionally previously used as a synonym of open set.〔, commenting the just given definition of open set ("offene Menge"), precisely states:-"''Vorher war, für diese Punktmengen die Bezeichnung "Gebiet" in Gebrauch, die wir (§ 5, S. 85) anders verwenden werden.''" (Free English translation:-"''Previously, the term "Gebiet" was occasionally used for such point sets, and it will be used by us in (§ 5, p. 85) with a different meaning.''"〕 However, the term "domain" was occasionally used to identify closely related but slightly different concepts. For example, in his influential monographs on elliptic partial differential equations, Carlo Miranda uses the term "region" to identify an open connected set,〔See .〕〔Precisely, in the first edition of his monograph, uses the Italian term "''campo''", meaning literally "field" in a way similar to its meaning in agriculture: in the second edition of the book, Zane C. Motteler appropriately translates this term as "region".〕 and reserves the term "domain" to identify an internally connected,〔An internally connected set is a set whose interior is connected.〕 perfect set, each point of which is an accumulation point of interior points,〔 following his former master Mauro Picone:〔See .〕 according to this convention, if a set is a region then its closure is a domain.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Domain (mathematical analysis)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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