Spring-2011. Math 185 (ccn 54356): Introduction to Complex Analysis

Instructor: Alexander Givental
Lectures: TuTh 12:30-2, room: 4 Evans
  • Office hours: Tu 5:15-7:45 p.m., in 701 Evans
  • Textbook author: Donald Sarason
  • Textbook title: Complex Function Theory, AMS
  • Grading: 40% Homework, 20% Midterm, 40% Final.
  • HW: Weekly homework assignments are posted to this web-page, and your solutions are due on Th in class.
    Typically your homework will be returned to you in a week from the due date with some of the problems graded by our reader.
  • Academic honesty policy: All exams are closed books / closed notes. In homework, while you are recommended to work on your own, no form of collaboration is prohibited. So, one can discuss problems with others, read books, use electronic sources, hire tutors, etc. However, any use of outer sources must be acknowledged in the submitted solution. Failure to acknowledge the use of someone else's ideas is commonly known as academic plagiarism.
  • Midterm Exam: Thursday, March 3.
  • Final Exam: Thursday, May 12, 3-6 p.m.

    HOMEWORK

    HW1, due by Th, Jan 27: Solve Exercises I.5.2, I.7.4, I.11.1, I.11.4, I.14.1.
    Because of the confusion with textbook's editions, I was asked to place the 1st homework here.
    HW2, due by Th, Feb 3: II.6.1, II.8.1, II.8.2, II.16.6, II.16.7
    HW3, due by Th, Feb. 10: III.5.2, III.6.3, III.8.2, III.9.3, III.9.5.
    HW4, due by Th, Feb. 17: IV.5.2, IV.8.1, IV.9.2, IV.13.3, IV.16.2.
    HW5, due by Th, Feb. 24: V.6.2, V.7.2, V.12.3, V.16.2, V.18.1.
    HW6, due by Th, Mar. 3: VI.2.1, VI.7.2, VI.8.1, VI.8.4, VI.12.2.
    Dont forget about the midterm on Th, March 3, based on Chapters 1-5.
    HW7, due by Th, Mar. 10: VII.4.1, VII.4.2, VII.5.1, VII.6.1, VII.8.3.
    HW8, due by Th, Mar. 17: VII.7.1, VII.9.2, VII.11.3, VII.14.1, VII.16.1.
    HW9, due by Th, Mar. 31: VII.16.2, VII.17.1, VII.17.5, VII.18.1, VII.8.2.
    HW10, due by Th, Apr. 7: VIII.2.1, VIII.7.2, VIII.7.5, VIII.8.1, VIII.12.3.
    HW11, due by Th, Apr. 14: IX.5.1, IX.5.2, IX.5.3, IX.10.2, IX.17.2.
    HW12, due by Th, Apr. 21: X.2.1, X.4.1, X.5.2, X.6.1, and also furnish a proof to the theorem of section X.6.
    HW13, due by Th, Apr. 28: X.8.1, X.10.2, X.10.5, X.12.4, X.12.6.
    HW14, due by Th, May 5: X.15.1, X.16.5, X.17.1, X.19.1, X.20.3.