Introduction to Complex Analysis

Fall semester 2016
Course: MATH 3210
Course record number: 56274
Instructor: Y. Sommerhäuser
Schedule:
- Time: Tue, Thu 10:30 am-11:45 am
- Room: HH 3015
Office hours of Y. Sommerhäuser: Tue 11:50 am-12:50 pm, Thu 1:30 pm-2:30 pm and by appointment
Textbook: J. W. Brown/R. V. Churchill: Complex Variables and Applications, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004
Outline: The course examines complex numbers, analytic functions of a complex variable, differentiation of complex functions and the Cauchy-Riemann equations, complex integration, Cauchy's theorem, Taylor and Laurent series, residue theory and applications.
Exams: There will be a midterm exam and a comprehensive final exam. The midterm exam takes place on Tuesday, October 18. The final exam takes place on Thursday, December 15, from 9:00 am-12:00 m in SN 1103.
Homework: Beginning Tuesday of the second week, a weekly exercise sheet will be handed out. This has to be submitted in class on the following Tuesday. There will be no exercise sheet during the week of the midterm exam and no exercise sheets during the last two weeks of the semester. In addition, a reading assignment from the textbook will be given in every lecture.
Examination criteria: The final mark will be computed using the following weights.
- Homework: 20 percent
- Midterm exam: 30 percent
- Final exam: 50 percent
Syllabus.
Notes on complex numbers by Shannon Sullivan.
Exercise sheets:

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Last modified: December 1, 2016