Prerequisites: Math 2250 or 2280 or consent of instructor.
Text: Complex Variables
and Applications, seventh edition, by James Ward Brown and Ruel
V. Churchill.
Course Description: 2 credits. Analytic functions,
complex integration, Cauchy integral theorem, Taylor and Laurent
series, residues and contour integrals, conformal mappings with
applications to electrostatics, heat, and fluid flow.
Homework: Problems will be assigned regularly and will generally
be due on Wednesday of each week. Late homework cannot be
accepted.
A random subset of
problems from each assignment will be graded. To succeed in the
course, it is necessary to do and understand all of the homework.
| Due date |
Assignment |
| Wednesday 8/31 |
Page 4 (Sec. 1, 2): 2, 3,
5, 8,
10. Page 7 (Sec. 3): 1, 2, 5. |
| Wednesday 9/7 |
Page 11 (Sec. 4): 1, 4. Page 13 (Sec. 5): 1, 2, 8, 10. |
| Wednesday 9/14 |
Page 21 (Sec. 6, 7): 1, 2,
4, 6, 8. Page 28 (Sec. 8, 9): 2, 3, 6, 8. |
| Wednesday 9/21 |
Page 31 (Sec. 10): 1, 2,
4, 5, 7, 10. Page 35 (Sec. 11): 1, 2, 3. Page 42 (Sec. 12): 1, 3, 8. |
| Wednesday 9/28 |
Page 53 (Sec. 14-17): 2,
3, 5, 9, 10, 11. Page 59 (Sec. 18-19): 1, 3, 4, 8, 9. |
| Wednesday 10/5 |
Exam I -- no homework due! |
| Wednesday 10/12 |
Page 68 (Sec. 20-22): 1,
2, 3, 4, 6, 10. |
| Wednesday 10/19 |
Page 73 (Sec. 23-24): 1,
2, 3, 4, 7(a). Page 78 (Sec. 25): 1, 3, 4, 7, 8. Page 84 (Sec. 26-27): 2, 3. |
| Wednesday 10/26 |
Page 89 (Sec. 28): 1, 3,
8, 13. Page 94 (Sec. 29-30): 2, 5, 8. Page 96 (Sec. 31): 1, 4. Page 99 (Sec 32): 2, 3, 6, 7, 9. |
| Wednesday 11/2 |
Page 103 (Sec 33): 2, 5(a). Page 107 (Sec 34): 1, 3. Page 115 (Sec 36-37): 2. Page 120 (Sec 38): 4, 5. Page 128 (Sec 39-40): 1, 3, 5, 6. |
| Wednesday 11/9 |
Exam II -- no homework due! |
| Wednesday 11/16 |
Page 141 (Sec 42-43): 2,
3, 5. Page 153 (Sec 44, 46): 1(a)-(c), 2(a), 6. Page 162 (Sec 47-48): 1(a)-(c), 2, 3. |
| Wednesday 11/23 |
Page 181 (Sec 52): 4. Page 188 (Sec 53-54): 1, 2, 3, 6. Page 198 (Sec 55-56): 2, 3, 5. |
| Wednesday 11/30 |
Page 218 (Sec 61): 1, 3. Page 230 (Sec 62-63): 1(a),(b), 2(a)-(c), 3(a),(b). |
| Wednesday 12/7 (last homework) |
Page 233 (Sec 64-65): 1,
2, 3. Page 238 (Sec 66-67): 1, 2, 3. Page 245 (Sec 68-69): 2, 4. Page 257 (Sec 71-72): 1, 3. |
Grades: Your grade will be determined by
your scores on the three exams, and the total of your homework
scores. The dates and weights of these are as follows:
| Homework |
(weekly) |
30% |
| Exam I |
(Wednesday, October 5) |
20% |
| Exam II |
(Wednesday, November 9) |
25% |
| Final Exam |
(Friday, December 16, 8:00-10:00
am) |
25% |
There will be no opportunities for extra credit. Makeups for
exams and homework will only be given in case of University-excused
absences.
Tutoring is available from the
Math Tutoring
Center.
Students with disabilities may contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to discuss special accomodations for the course.
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