Syllabus for Math 555
Applied Complex Analysis, Fall 2009


Instructor:

J. Rauch
4834 East Hall
Email: rauch@umich.edu
Web page: http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~rauch/


Office Hours: Wednesdays 10-11, 2-3.


Textbook: Churchill and Brown, Complex Variables and Applications, McGraw-Hill

Course Schedule

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Week Meeting Date In Class Remarks/Web Postings
1 Lecture 1 Tues, Sept. 8

Complex numbers, Weierstrass M test, e^z, Derivative of R^n maps, Polar decomposition of matrices, Conformal matrices.

Course info., hw1., Read Chapter 1.
1Lecture 2 Thurs, Sept. 10 Conformality continued, Complex derivative, Cauchy-Riemann, mapping by z^2, exp(z). Harmonic functions.

Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19!, 20, 21!, 22!, 24, 25, 26. Skip polar coords. Postpone sections 17, 27 and 28. Conformal matrices handout.

2 Lecture 3 Tues, Sept. 15

Harmonic conjugate. Conjugate of ln r. Inverse function theorem for analytic functions. exp(z) and ln z continued.

Sections 29, 30, 31, 32, 103. hw1 due. hw2.
2 Lecture 4 Th. Sept. 17

Derivative and integral of vector valued functions. Mean value inequality. Bound on modulus of integral. Contours.

37, 38, 39, 43
3 Lecture 5 Tu. Sept. 22 Smoothness of contours. Line integrals dx, dy, ds. Domain on the left orientation. Green's Theorem. Cauchy's Theorem (pg. 151). Sections 40, 41, 42, 46, Skip 47. hw 2 due. hw 3 posted.
3 Lecture 6 Th. Sept. 24 More on ortientation. Antiderivatives. Simple connectivity. Sections 44, 45, 48
4 Lecture 7 Tu. Sept. 29

Cauchy Integral Formulas for f(z). Leibniz rule for differentiating an integral depending on a parameter. CIF for f'(z). Higher derivs of analytic functions. Cauchy inequalities. Liouville Thm.

49, 50!, 51!, 52!. 53! hw3 due. hw4.
4 Lecture 8 Th. Oct. 1 Fundamental Thm. of Algebra. Mean Value Theorem. Max. Modulus Thm. 53!, 54!
5 Lecture 9 Tu. Oct. 6 Taylor Series. 55, 56, 57!, 58, 59. hw4due. hw5.
5 Lecture 10 Th. Oct. 8

Unique Continuation. Reflection Principal, Strong Max. Modulus Thm. Morera's Theorem (pg 169, overlooked, oops!) and applications.

27, 28, 52 (oops).
6 Lecture 11 Tu. Oct. 13

Laurent representation. Theory of power series. Fourier series of periodic analytic funcions (from Laurent).

60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67. hw 5 due. hw6. Laurent yields Fourier.
6 Lecture 12 Th. Oct 15 Isolated singularities. 68, 72!.
7 Study Day Tu. Oct. 20 No Class
7 MIDTERM Ex Th. Oct 22 In class. Closed book. Two sides of a 3x5 cards of notes. No electronics.  
8 Lecture 13 Tu. Oct 27 Residues. Residue Theorem. 69, 70. Skip 71, 73, 75. hw6 due.
8 Lecture 14 Th. Oct. 29 Zeros. Return to Isolated singularities. 75, 76, 77.
9 Lecture 15 Tu. Nov. 3
9 Lecture 16 Th. Nov. 5  
10 Lecture 17 Tu. Nov. 10  
10 Lecture 18 Th. Nov. 12  
11 Lecture 19 Tu. Nov. 17
11 Lecture 20 Th. Nov. 19
12 Lecture 21 Tu. Nov. 24
12 Thanksgiving Th. Nov. 26 No Class
13 Lecture 22 Tu. Dec. 1  
13 Lecture 23 Th. Dec. 3    
14 Lecture 24 Tu. Dec. 8  
14 Lecture 25 Th. Dec. 10 Last Class  
15 Study Day Tu. Dec. 15 No Class  
  FINAL EXAM Sun. Dec. 20 10:00-12:00, Room to be announced. ATTN. Differs from time schedule!