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 Homework

Week 1: 9/2-9/6

Complex numbers

Holomorphic functions

Power series

09/05

I : 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13

I : 14, 16(a)-(c), 17, 19, 23

Week 2: 9/9-9/13

Integration along curves

Goursat's Theorem

Primitives, Cauchy's theorem

09/09

09/12

II : 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14

Week 3: 9/16-9/20

Evaluation of integrals

Cauchy's integral formulas

Morera's Theorem

09/16

09/19

II: 9, 11, 12, 15

II: Problem 1

III: 1

Week 4: 9/23-9/27

Sequences of holomorphic functions

Holomorphic functions defined in terms of integrals

Schwarz reflection principle

09/23

09/26

III: 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13

III Problem 3

Week 5: 9/30-10/4

Zeros, poles

Residue formula

Singularities and meromorphic functions

09/30

10/03

III: 6, 9, 14, 15(a), 15(d), 16(a), 19, 21(b)

Week 6: 10/7-10/1

Argument principle

Homotopies and simply connected domains

Complex logarithm

10/07

10/10

III: : 15(c), 17(a), 17(b), Problem 2
VIII: 1, 4, 5

Week 7: 10/14-10/18

Fourier series and harmonic functions

Conformal equivalence

10/14

10/17

Week 8: 10/21-10/25

Dirichlet problem

Midterm

10/21

Midterm solution

Week 9: 10/28-11/1

Schwarz lemma

Automorphisms of the disc/upper half-plane

Riemann mapping theorem

10/28

10/31

Due on November 4

VIII: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Week 10: 11/4-11/8

Montel's theorem

Proof of Riemann mapping theorem

11/04

11/07

Due on November 11

VIII: 16, 20

VIII Problems: 2, 3

Week 11: 11/11-11/15

Conformal mappings onto polygons, Examples

Schwartz-Christoffel integral

11/11

11/14

Due on November 18

VIII: 20, 21, 22, 23

VIII Problems: 4

Week 12: 11/18-11/22

Entire functions, Jensen's formula

Functions of finite order

11/18

11/21

Due on November 25

V: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10

Week 13: 11/25-11/29

Weierstrass and Hadamard Infinite products

11/28-12/1: Thanksgiving Recess

11/25

11/26

Due on December 5

V: 11, 13, 15

VI: 1, 3, 10, 14, 15, 16

Week 14: 12/2-12/6

Gamma function

Zeta function

12/02

12/05

Week 15: 12/9-12/13

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

12/09

Week 16: 12/16-12/20

Final Exam

Reference Books

Lars Ahlfors: Complex Analysis

Homework

There are weekly homework due on Thursday's lectures (except for the first week). No late homeworks. The lowest two homework scores will be dropped.

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