The free torsion problem,solved by Saint-Venant with semi-inverse method,is wellknown in the theory of elasticity.-In this paper we discuss this problem systematicallyby considering a cylindrical bar whose cross section is a simply connected region undertwist moment M,and assume that the stress function Ψ is in the form of a thirddegree polynomial,that iswhere Care complex numbers,Ctheir corresponding conjugates,and Z=x+iy,=x-iy The stress function satisfies the following differential equation and boundarycondition: