Math 43 Spring 2007

Syllabus

This is a tentative syllabus. In all likelihood, one of the textbook chapters on this syllabus will actually be omitted. This page will be updated irregularly.

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Date

Sections

Description

Wednesday March 28

Section 1- 7

Complex numbers, their properties, conjugation, exponential form, products and quotients in exponential form

Friday March 30

Sections  8-12

Roots of complex numbers, examples, regions, functions of a complex variable

Monday April 2

Sections 13-15

Mappings by the exponential function, limits and theorems on them

Tuesday April 3

x-hour

Sections 16-17

Limits involving infinity, continuity

Wednesday April 4

Sections 18-19

Derivatives and differentiation formulas

Friday April 6

Sections 20-22

Cauchy-Riemann equations, sufficient conditions for differentiability, polar coordinates

Monday April 9            

Tuesday April 10 is the last day to elect the NRO option

Sections 23-25

Analytic and Harmonic functions

Wednesday April 11

Sections 26-28

Uniquely determined Analytic functions, reflection principle, exponential function

 Friday April 13

Sections 29-31

Logarithm, identities, branches

Monday April 16

Sections 32-34

Complex exponents, trigonometric functions, hyperbolic functions

Wednesday April 18

Sections 36-38

Derivatives and integrals of functions w(t), contours

Friday April 20

Sections 39-41

Contour integrals, examples, upper bounds for moduli of contour integrals

Monday April 23

The takehome Midterm Exam will be distributed on this date. It will be due on Friday April 27

Sections 42-43

Antiderivatives, examples,

Wednesday April 25

Sections 44-45

Cauchy-Goursat Theorem

Friday April 27

Section 46

Simply and multiply connected domains

Monday April 30

Section 47

Cauchy Integral Formula

Wednesday May 2

Section 48-49

Derivatives of Analytic functions, Liouville’s Theorem

Friday May 4

Section 49-50

Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, Maximum Modulus Theorem

Monday May 7

Sections 51- 52

Series and their convergence

Wednesday May 9

Sections 53-54

Taylor series and examples

Friday May 11

Sections 55-56

Laurent series and examples,

Monday May 14

Tuesday May 15 is the final day to withdraw from the course

Sections 57-58

Absolute and uniform convergence of series, continuity of sums of power series

Wednesday May 16

Section 58-59

Integrations and differentiation of power series

Friday May 18

Section 60 and very briefly 61

Uniqueness of series representations, Multiplication and division of power series

Monday May 21

Tuesday May 22 is the final day to alter grade limit filed under the Non-Recording Option

Section 62-63

Residues, Cauchy Residue Theorem

Wednesday May 23

Section 64-65

Using a singular residue, the three types of isolated singular points

Friday May 25

Section 71-72

Evaluation of improper integrals, examples

Monday May 28

Memorial Day, First day of the pre-examination break,

No class

 

 

Wednesday May 30            

The last day of classes.

The takehome Final Exam will be distributed on Friday June 1 and it will be due on Tuesday June 5, the last day of the Final Examination period.

Section 73, briefly discuss conformal maps

Improper integrals from Fourier Analysis, conformal maps