Syllabus for Math 4200-1, Fall 2008


Instructor: H.-Ping Huang, JWB 103
Office Hours: MTWF 10:40AM - 11:30AM and by appointment
Course Website: http://www.math.utah.edu/~hphuang/teaching/4200
Email: hphuang@math.utah.edu---
Most email inquiries will be answered within a few hours.

Lecture Time: MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM
Room: JTB 120
Text:

Suggested Reading: Basic Complex Analysis, Jerrold E. Marsden and Michael J. Hoffman

Homework: There will be a homework assignment due every Wednesday, which covers the material taught in the previous week.
No make-up, please. However the lowest two sets will be dropped.

Exams: There will be 3 midterm exams and 1 final exam.
Location: JTB 120, unless otherwise announced.
First Midterm: Wednesday , Sep 17, 11:50AM - 12:40PM
First Mock Exam
Second Midterm: Friday , Oct 24, 11:50AM - 12:40PM
Second Mock Exam
Third Midterm: Friday , Nov 21, 11:50AM - 12:40PM
Third Mock Exam
HW 5.2-5.4
Final:Thursday, Dec 18, 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Fourth Mock Exam

Note: All exams are cumulative. Only pencils are allowed during the exams. No calculators, computers, books etc.
Important! Please make sure that you can attend all exams. No makeup exams are possible.

Grading Policy: Grades are based on the following scheme: 10% homework, 20% for each midterm exam, and 30% for the final exam. No alternative scheme unless authorized by the instructor in advance.

Additional Resources: The Math Center offers free tutoring, a computer lab, and study areas for undergraduates. Math Center is adjacent to the LCB and JWB. For information on the hours of the lab or tutoring center, please check on the website: http://www.math.utah.edu/ugrad/mathcenter.html.

Some Comments: The goal of this class is to have students learn complex analysis well and then to give them fair and accurate grades. To achieve this goal, the instructor believes in serious homework problems and hard exams. Serious problems make students learn more and better. Hard exams give a better evaluation of students' learning. In other words, if you are taking 4200 just to get a grade and with no intention to learn, this class is not for you.

Tentative Schedule:
Week (beginning on Monday): Sections in text
Aug 25: 1.1-1.4
Sep 1: Labor Day, Review, 2.1
Sep 8: Review, 2.2-2.4
Sep 15: Exam Warm-up, First Midterm Exam (Sep 17), 2.5
Sep 22: Exam hand-back, 2.6-2.7, 3.1
Sep 29: Review, 3.2-3.4
Oct 6: Review, 3.5
Oct 13: Fall Break
Oct 20: Review, Exam Warm-up, Second Midterm Exam (Oct 24)
Oct 27: Exam hand-back, 4.1-4.6
Nov 3: Review, 5.1-5.3
Nov 10: Review, 5.4
Nov 17: Review, Exam Warm-up, Third Midterm Exam (Nov 21)
Nov 24: Exam hand-back, 6.1, Thanksgiving
Dec 1: Review, 6.2-6.3
Dec 8: Review, 9.1, Final Warm-up

HW Solutions I
HW Solutions II

Homework Assignments: (referring to Taylor's textbook)
1.1: 3, 5, 6, 11-18, (Section 1.1 in Marsden and Hoffman's textbook)
1.2: 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10-16, (Sec 1.2)
1.3: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, (13), (15), (Sec 1.3)
1.4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, (15), 16, 18
2.1: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, (Sec 1.4)
2.2: 7, 8, (9), (10), 11, (12), 13, 15, (16), (Sec 1.5)
2.3: 1, 3, 4, 8-10, (13), (Sec 2.1)
2.4: 2, 3, (6), 8-9, (10), 11, (12), (Sec 2.2)
2.5: 3, 5-9, 11, (Sec 2.3)
2.6: 1-6, 10-11, (Sec 2.4)
3.1: 1-3, 5-8, 14-16, (Sec 3.1)
3.2: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, (Sec 3.2)
3.3: 1-10, 16, (Sec 3.3)
3.4: 3-5, 7-9, 11-17, (Sec 3.R)
3.5: 1-3, 5-8, 10, 11, 13-15, (Sec 2.5)
4.3: 2-4, 6-8, 10-12
4.4: 1-11
4.5: 1, 6-7, (11)
5.1: 1-9, (10), (13)
5.2: 1-8, 14
5.3: 2-5, 7, 10
5.4: 2, 4, (7), (8)
6.1: 1-8
6.3: 2-7, 9-11, (13)