Math 185: Introduction to Complex Analysis

Instructor:

Andrey Smirnov, smirnov@math.berkeley.edu

Lectures:

Etcheverry 3111, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 15:30-17:00 AM

Office hours:

Mondays 11-12 am, Fridays 11-12am Evans Hall 859

If you have any questions about the course and matherial please come see me.
Please email me and ask for appointment if the office hours time is not convenient for you.

Text Books:

T.Gamelin, Complex Analysis,

E. Stein and R. Shakarchi, Complex Analysis 

Grading: 20% Homework, 40% Midterms, 40% Final. 


TA:

Bryan Gillespie will be helping with questions and proble solving. His hours are:

Wednesdays, 12-2 and 3-5 in 939 Evans

Thursdays, 2-5 in 939 Evans

Fridays, 2-5 in 939 Evans

Homework

There will be one homework every one or two weeks. They will be posted on this page together with the due date. Late homework will not be accepted under any circumstance. However, your one lowest homework grade will not be included in the final grade calculation. Discussing of the problems with other students is encouraged.

Exams

There will be two midterm exams on Feb 13 and April 3. The midterms will be in class. The final exam is on Friday, May 11th, 7-10pm; same place. In the case of a fire alarm during either of the midterms or the final exam, leave your exams in the room, face down, before evacuating. Under no circumstances should you take the exam with you.

Special Accommodations

If you have a documented disability and require special accommodations of any kind, please e-mail me as soon as possible, and no later than February 1.

 

 

Tentative Schedule

Numbers in the reading section correspond to T.Gamelin book.

# Date Topic Readings Hw Notes
1 1/16 Introduction, basics of complex numbers 1, 2 HW1 Out  
2 1/18 Analytic funcrions, mappings, exponent 3-8  
3 1/23 Square roots, exponentials, logarithm 1-8 HW2 Out  
4 1/25 Trigonometric fucntions 1-8    
5 1/30 Analutic functions, CR equations II.2-II.5 HW3 Out  
6 2/1 Harmonic fucnions, confromal mappings II.2-II.5  
7 2/6 Harmonic fucnions, confromal mappings II.2-II.7 HW4 Out  
8 2/8 Fractional linear transformations II.2-II.7    
9 2/13 Midterm 1 I.1-II.7  
9 2/15 Line integrals III.1  
10 2/20 Complex integrals IV.1- IV.4 HW5 Out  
11 2/22 Complex integrals IV.1- IV.4  
12 2/27 Evaluating real integrals by residues VII.2 HW6 Out  
13 3/1 Evaluating real integrals by residues VII.3
14 3/6 Integrals with branch points VII.4 HW7 Out
15 3/8 Fractional residues VII.4  
16 3/13 Infinite series, sequences V.1, V.2 HW8 Out
17 3/15 Power series V.3  
18 3/20 Manipulation of power series V.4-V.6    
19 3/22 Zeroes and analytic continuation V.7-V.8    
20 3/27 Spring Recess HW9 Out  
21 3/29 Spring Recess      
22 4/3 Midterm 2    
23 4/5 Laurent Decompositions VI.1  
24 4/10 More about singularities VI.2.3    
25 4/12 Mittag-Leffler XIII.2 HW10 Out  
26 4/17 partial factions decompostitions XIII.2    
27 4/19 Infinite products XIII.3    
28 4/24 Infinite products XIII.3 HW11 Out  
29 4/26 Product theorem XIII.4    
30 5/1    
31 5/3