Math 422 Introduction to Complex Analysis

Spring 2016, UAF

Ed Bueler:  474-7693
 elbueler@alaska.edu

Office: Chapman 301C (hours)

Class times and room:
 MWF 9:15 am - 10:15 am
 Bunnell 410

CRN:  34426

Syllabus


Required text:
  T. W. Gamelin, Complex Analysis,
  Corrected ed., Springer 2003,
  ISBN-13: 978-0387950693
  (paperback; $53 new at amazon)


Links:

Matlab/Octave scripts:

Schedule: (version 29 April 2016)

Day Section Topic Assigned / Due
F 1/15 I.1 complex numbers
Matlab code for visualizing multiplication: vismult.m
Assignment #1
M 1/18 no class: Alaska Civils Rights Day
W 1/20 I.2 polar representation
F 1/22 I.3 stereographic projection
worksheet: famous little calculations
M 1/25 I.4 squaring and square-rooting A #1 DUE
W 1/27 I.5 exponential function A #1 DUE (revised)
Assignment #2
F 1/29 ...
M 2/1 II.1 sequences and their limits
worksheet: rigorous limits of sequences
W 2/3 ... A #2 DUE
Assignment #3
F 2/5 ...
M 2/8 II.2 analytic functions: the definition
W 2/10 II.3 Cauchy-Riemann equations
F 2/12 ... A #3 DUE
Assignment #4
M 2/15 II.5 harmonic functions
W 2/17 ...
worksheet: harmonic conjugates
F 2/19 MIDTERM EXAM I
review topics and guide
MIDTERM EXAM I
M 2/22 II.6 conformal mappings
W 2/24 ... A #4 DUE
F 2/26 II.7 Möbius transformations
Matlab script illustrating the Joukowsky transformations: visjouk.m
A #4 DUE
Assignment #5
M 2/29 ...
worksheet: constructing Möbius transformations
W 3/2 III.1 real line integrals and Green's theorem
F 3/4 III.2 path independence
Matlab script illustrating f(z) = z + 1/z: ellipsemovie.m; generates this animated gif
M 3/7 ... A #5 DUE
Assignment #6
W 3/9 III.4 mean value property
F 3/11 III.6 fluids
M 3/14
-- F 3/18
no class: Spring Break
M 3/21
(Bueler away: see slides!)
IV.1 complex line integrals
slides covering sections IV.1, IV.2, and I.6
A #6 DUE at NOON in my mailbox in Chapman 101
Assignment #7
W 3/23
(Bueler away: see slides!)
I.6 complex logarithms
F 3/25
(Bueler away: see slides!)
IV.2 FTC for complex functions
M 3/28 IV.3 Cauchy's theorem
W 3/30 IV.4 Cauchy integral formula A #7 DUE
Assignment #8
F 4/1 ...
Matlab script generating fractals "f(z)=0": newtonfractal.m
M 4/4 ...
W 4/6 MIDTERM EXAM II
covers I.6, II.5, II.6, II.7, III.1, III.2, III.3, III.4, IV.1, IV.2; i.e. content of A#4--A#7, but not A#8
review topics and guide
MIDTERM EXAM II
F 4/8 IV.5 Liouville's theorem
M 4/11 IV.6, IV.7, IV.8 Morera's theorem, Goursat's theorem, "complex notation" A #8 DUE
Assignment #9
W 4/13 V.1 series
worksheet: series of real numbers
F 4/15 V.2 sequences and series of functions
M 4/18 ... A #9 DUE
Assignment #10
W 4/20 V.3 power series
F 4/22 no class: SpringFest
M 4/25 ...
Matlab scripts for nowhere-differentiable function, and corresponding analytic function on disk: bumpy.m, boundarybumpy.m
A #10 DUE
W 4/27 V.4 power series of analytic functions A #10 DUE
F 4/29 V.5 power series at infinity
M 5/2 VI.1 Laurent decomposition
Th 5/5 FINAL EXAM
8:00--10:00am Bunnell 410

covers all sections on Midterms I and II, plus a focus on sections IV.3, IV.4, IV.5, IV.6, V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4
review topics and guide
FINAL EXAM