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Course description

This course is a one semester introduction to complex analysis at the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level, pitched to math majors and engineers.

Contact information for the instructor

Office hours

• Tuesdays: 1:25-2:15pm and 3:35-4:25pm.
• Thursdays 1:25-2:15pm and 4:40-5:30pm.
• Until further notice, the Tuesday 1:25-2:15pm office hour is held in VinH203a rather than my office.
• The other office hours are still held as per usual in my office.

Course information

• There are 9 tests in total: 8 quizzes and 1 final examination.

  • Quizzes are 20 minutes long, and given at the beginning of class Wednesdays. Here are the details.
    • Quiz I: Sept. 16
      • The quiz covers Sections 1-8 of Chap. 1.
      • For sample problems, see the lesson summary for Sept. 9.
      • There is one more problem in the lesson summary for Sept. 11.
      • ANSWER KEY
    • Quiz II: Sep. 23
      • The quiz covers sections 9, 10, and 11 of Chap. 1.
      • See lesson summaries for Sept. 14, 16, 18 for sample problems.
      • ANSWER KEY
      • Hand-drawn part of answer key.
    • Quiz III: Oct. 7
      • The list of study problems is as follows:
        • p.44:3,4,5,6,7;
        • pp.55-56:3,10,11;
        • pp.317-318: 2,3,4,5;
        • the "home-made" exercises in the lesson summary for Wednesday Sept. 30; and
        • p.97: 1,2.
      • Study these problems to prepare for the quiz. Ask questions on Monday.
      • (I pruned the list of problems a bit.)
      • A copy of the actual quiz .
      • Handcrafted ANSWER KEY.
      • The drawing for problem 1 alas needs one correction: the big circle has radius e^2, not radius e.
    • Quiz IV: Oct. 21
      • Any problem mentioned on any of the ``lesson summaries'' of Oct. 5, 7,9,12,14,16 is fair game.
      • Verbatim copy of quiz.
      • Handcrafted ANSWER KEY.
    • Quiz V: Nov. 4
      • Any problem mentioned on any of the ``lesson summaries'' of Oct. 21,23,26,28,30 is fair game.
      • (Yes, skip the problems on the Oct. 19 lesson summary for now.)
      • Bring in any and all questions on this material on Monday.
      • ANSWER KEY.
      • Hand-drawn part of answer key.
    • Quiz VI: Nov. 18
      • The ``syllabus'' for the quiz consists of the following textbook problems.
        • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13 on pp. 195-197
        • 2,3,4,5,6,7 on pp. 205-206
        • 1,2 on p. 239.
        • ANSWER KEY.
    • Quiz VII: Dec. 2
    • Quiz VIII: Dec. 9.
  • Final exam:
    • Time/day/date/place: 8:00am-10:00am, Tuesday, December 22, in our regular classroom.
    • Sorry, no special deals for alternate final exam times can be made.
    • You commit to the stated final exam time when you sign up for this class.

• Text:
  • Complex Variables and Applications, by J.W. Brown and R.V. Churchill, Eighth Edition, McGraw-Hill 2009
  • ISBN 978-0-07-305194-9
  • We will cover Chaps. 1-7 and (I hope) at least part of Chap. 8.

• Class schedule entry for Math 5583 (Click here for the time and location of the class.)

• First day handout. This document spells out the rules and regulations for the course. Read it carefully!

• Latest post: Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.

General information

• Official University schedule for all courses given in the School of Mathematics in Fall 2009

• Official University calendar for academic year 2009-10.

• Final exam schedule (Not my fault...)

• Uniform cancel/add deadlines

• Fundamental University policies concerning grading standards, scholastic conduct, and related matters.

The fine print

• I will do my best to keep the web page for Math 5583 current. But this web page is not intended to be a substitute for attendance. Students are held responsible for all announcements and all course content delivered in class.