Ma 681 Functions of a Complex Variable I

Syllabus for Fall 1999

Instructor: Professor L. E. Levine llevine@stevens-tech.edu 201-216-5425

Office: Kidde 112

Office Hours: Mondays 12:00 - 1:00 and Wednesdays 4:45 - 6:00

Lectures: Wednesdays 6:30 - 8:45

Grading: Homework - 30 %;  Midterm - 30%;  Final - 40%

All homework is to be done in Scientific Notebook.
 

Week Topics Homework Homework Solutions
1 Number Systems: real numbers, fields, ordering, complex numbers, vector spaces, metric spaces Exercises1  Ex1 Solutions
2 The complex plane: geometry of complex numbers, polar coordinates, polynomials, rational powers and roots   Exercises2  Ex2 Solutions
3 Topology of the plane, connectedness, domains, stereographic projection, sequences, the Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem, complex functions   Exercises3  Ex3 Solutions
4 Continuity, differentiability, Cauchy-Riemann equations, harmonic functions   Exercises4 Ex4 Solutions
5 Exponential and trig functions, logarithm,   Exercises5 Ex5 Solutions
6 Power series    Exercises6 Ex6 Solutions
7 Complex Integration    Exercises7 Ex7 Solutions
8 Midterm  
9 The Cauchy Integral Theorem   Exercises9 Ex9 Solutions
10 Cauchy Integral Formula 
Consequences of the Cauchy Integral Formula
 Exercises10 Ex10 Solutions
11  Taylor Series, Laurent's Theorem   Exercises11 Ex11 Solutions
12 Singularities and their classification Exercises12 Ex12 Solutions
13 Residue theorem and its applications   Exercises13 Ex13 Solutions
14 Further applications  Exercises14 Ex14 Solutions