MA 503 -- Chi Li

Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable

M/Th 12:10pm-01:30pm, Hill-423


Instructor/TA Office Office hour Email
Dr. Chi Li Wednesday 10am-12pm chi.li@rutgers.edu

Reference Books Canvas Policies Services

Textbook: Complex Analysis; Elias M.Stein & Rami Shakarchi. Princeton Lectures in Analysis II.

Grading:
Items Homework Midterms Final Total
Percentage 30 30 40 100

Schedule of topics (updating) and Rutgers Calendar

Week

Sections

Notes

Week 1: 9/2-9/6

Complex numbers

Holomorphic functions

Week 2: 9/9-9/13

Power series

Integration along curves

Week 3: 9/16-9/20

Goursat's Theorem

Primitives, Cauchy's theorem

Evaluation of integrals

Week 4: 9/23-9/27

Cauchy's integral formulas

Morera's Theorem

Sequences of holomorphic functions

Week 5: 9/30-10/4

Holomorphic functions defined in terms of integrals

Schwarz reflection principle

Week 6: 10/7-10/1

Runge's approximation theorem

Zeros, poles, residue formula

Week 7: 10/14-10/18

Singularities and meromorphic functions

Argument principle

Week 8: 10/21-10/25

Homotopies and simply connected domains

Midterm

Week 9: 10/28-11/1

Complex logarithm

Fourier series and harmonic functions

Week 10: 11/4-11/8

Conformal equivalence

Dirichlet problem

Week 11: 11/11-11/15

Schwartz lemma

Automorphisms of the disc/upper half-plane

Week 12: 11/18-11/22

Riemann mapping theorem

Montel's theorem

Week 13: 11/25-11/29

Proof of Riemann mapping theorem

11/28-12/1: Thanksgiving Recess

Week 14: 12/2-12/6

Conformal mappings onto polygons, Examples

Schwartz-Christoffel integral

Week 15: 12/9-12/13

Classes end on 12/11   Reading Days (12/12-12/13)

Week 16: 12/16-12/20

Final Exam

Reference Books

Lars Ahlfors: Complex Analysis

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