Churchill, R. V., Brown, J. W., and Verhey, R. F., Complex Variables and Applications,
3rd edition, McGraw Hill, 1974.
Fisher, S. D., Complex Variables, 2nd edition, Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole, 1990.
Course Syllabus: We shall cover in this course as many of the following topics as time allows.
1. Analytic Functions: 4 weeks, including the following topics:
Complex Numbers and Their Polar Representation.
Subsets of the Complex Plane and Functions of a Complex Variable.
Limits and Continuity of Functions of a Complex Variable.
Analytic and Harmonic Functions; The Cauchy-Riemann Equations.
The Complex Exponential, Logarithm, and Trigonometric Functions.
2. Complex Integration: 3.5 weeks, including the following topics:
Line Integrals and Greens Theorem and Its Consequences.
The Cauchy Integral Formula and Its Consequences.
Liouvilles Theorem and The Maximum Principle.
* The Cauchy-Goursat Theorem.
3. Infinite Series: 4 weeks, including the following topics:
Taylor Series.
Uniform Convergence of a Series.
Laurant Series.
Isolated Singularities.
4. Contour Integration: 3.5 weeks, including the following topics:
The Residue Theorem.
Evaluation of Definite Real Integrals and Improper Real Integrals.
Integrals with Poles on the Real Axis.
5. If time allows:
Harmonic Functions and Boundary-ValueProblems.
6. Homework Problems. You should solve as many as you can from the following
homework problems:
Section 1.1: 5,11, 15, 17, 21-23, 25-29, 33, 34.
Section 1.2: 5,8,11,15,16,19,23,25,28,32 (use induction and triangle inequality),
33, 38,39.
Section 1.3: 1,3,4, 7, 10, 11 (for 1,3,7,10), 12,13,15, 19,20.
Section 1.4: 2, 4,5, 9,11,12,14-17, 19, 20,24, 26.
Section 1.5: 1,2, 4-8,11,12, 14-17,19-21. (odds).
Section 1.6: 3, 4,6,7,9,11-16.
Section 1.7: 1,3,4, 7-10, 12,15,17,19,21-23, 25,27,28.
Section 1.8: 1,3,7,9,11,13,15,18,19,21,23,25,26,28,29,32.
Section 1.9: 1,2,4,5,7-9,13-18,20,21,23,24,28,30,31.
Section 2.1: 1-5, 9-15,17-19,21,22.
Section 2.2: 1,4,5,9,10,13,14.
Section 2.3: 5,6,8,11,13,15,17,18,23.1-13.
Section 2.4: 1,5,7,9.
Section 3.1: 1-4,6,8,10,12, 13, 16,19.
Section 3.2: 1-5, 9, 11,13,15,21,25-27,29.
Section 3.3: 1,3,9,11,13,15,19.
Section 3.4: 1-5, 7.
Section 4.1: 1,3,5,6,13,15,21.
Section 4.2: 1,5.
Section 4.3: 1,3,7.
Section 6.1: 2,5,7,8,9.