110.607 Complex Variables   --  Spring 2009

This is a first semester graduate course in functions of one complex variable. Topics to be covered include the Cauchy-Riemann equations, Cauchy Integral Formula, Liouville theorem, meromorphic functions, residues, normal families and Montel's Theorem, Riemann mapping theorem, harmonic functions, Poisson Integral Formula, subharmonic functions, Dirichlet problem, Weierstrass products, Mittag-Leffler Theorem, Blaschke products, elliptic functions.

Instructor:

Bernard Shiffman

TA:

Xin Yu

Time:

MW 1:30-2:45

Classroom:

Krieger 308

Text:

Greene & Krantz, Function Theory of One Complex Variable, Third Edition

Prerequisite:

110.405 or equivalent

Grading:

Grades will be based on weekly homework assignments, a midterm exam, and an open-book final exam.

Syllabus:

 

 

week

beginning

  reading

  assignment (due the following Monday)

1.

Jan. 26

(review Chapter 1)
2.1, 2.2 (omit 2.2.3), 2.4

Ch. 1: 16, 17, 36, 42, 43
Ch. 2:  5, 10, 18

2.

Feb. 2

3.1-3.4

Ch. 3: 10, 17, 19, 21, 23, 32, 39

3.

Feb. 9

3.5, 3.6, 4.1-4.4

Ch. 3: 9, 38, 42, 44
Ch. 4: 5, 9, 21, 27abc

4.

Feb. 16

4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.1

Ch. 4: 30, 31, 33abc, 34bdh, 40, 50, 59, 60

5.

Feb. 23

5.2, 5.3, 5.4

Ch. 5: 2, 3, 6, 7, 10acf, 13*, 16

6.

Mar. 2

5.5, 6.1, 6.2

Ch. 6: 1, 6, 8, 26-29

7.

Mar. 9

midterm, Monday, Mar. 9
6.3, 6.5

 

 

Mar. 16

Spring Break

 

8.

Mar. 23

6.4, 6.6, 6.7

Ch. 6:  12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 24

9.

Mar. 30

7.1-7.3

Ch. 7:  1, 2, 10, 12, 14

10.

Apr. 6

7.4-7.6

Ch. 7:  18b, 19, 20, 23, 30

11.

Apr. 13

7.7, 7.8    lecture notes

Ch. 7:  41, 46, 50, 69

12.

Apr. 20

8.1-8.3 (omit 8.3.7 and 8.3.8)

Ch. 8:  3, 5, 10, 12, 15

13.

Apr. 27

9.1, 10.6

open-book final, Thursday, May 7, 2:00-5:00


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Last updated 3/22/09