Winter 2020: MAT 205A - Complex Analysis

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Course information

• Instructor: Dan Romik
• Lectures: MWF 1:10-2:00, Bainer 1134
• Office hours: M 9:30-10:30, MSB 2218
• Problem session: M 5:10-6:30 (tentative), MSB 2112, every two weeks starting January 13
• Final exam: Tuesday, March 17, 10:30-12:30, Bainer 1134

Textbook

Complex Analysis by Elias M. Stein and Rami Shakarchi. Princeton University Press, 2003.

Course materials

• Course syllabus (PDF)
• Lecture notes (PDF) (version of May 14, 2020)
• Supplementary material (PDF)

Homework assignments

• Week 1: Problems 1-7 in lecture notes (recommended)
• Week 2: Problems 8-13 in lecture notes (recommended)
• Week 3: Problems 14-16 in lecture notes; exercises 7, 14, 15, 25 from Chapter 1 (recommended)
• Week 4: Problems 18-21 in lecture notes; exercises 1-3, 10 from Chapter 2, pages 64, 66 (required). Optional: problem 23 in lecture notes; exercises 11-12, page 66. Due: Monday 2/10 at 5 pm (collected for grading)
• Week 5: Problems 25, 27-30 in lecture notes (recommended). Extra credit available via Sendov's conjecture exploration.
• Week 6: Problems 24, 26, 31 in lecture notes; 2-3 problems from Chapters 1-3 of textbook (required). Due: Monday 2/24 at 5 pm (collected for grading)
• Week 7: Problems 32-37 in lecture notes (recommended)
• Week 8: Problems 38-43 in lecture notes (recommended)
• Week 9: Problems 44-45 in lecture notes; past final exam questions available on Canvas (recommended)

Announcements

The class lecture on Friday 2/7 is canceled.