Complexe Functies WISB311 Spring 2015

The lectures are held in the Buys Ballot Building:
on Tuesdays, from 9:00 to 10:45 in the room BBG 023 (except on 26-05-2015 in BBG 161);
on Thursdays, from 15:15 to 17:00 in the room BBG 161.

The exercise classes are also held in the Buys Ballot Building:
on Tuesdays, from 11:00 to 12:45 in the room BBG 083 (except on 26-05-2015 in BBG 061);
on Thursdays, from 17:15 to 19:00 in the room BBG 165.

Teacher  The teacher of this class is Yuri Kuznetsov, and the teaching assistants are Leslie Molag (L.D.Molag@uu.nl), Willem Pranger (willempranger@gmail.com), and Aldo Witte (G.A.Witte@uu.nl).
The book  We use the book by Serge Lang Complex analysis, 4th edition. Graduate Texts in Mathematics 103. Springer, 1999.
The exercises  This class has mandatory exercises that count for 20% of the final grade.
The exam   There will be a written exam at the end of BLOCK 4.
 
The material
Week
Date
Lectures
Exercises
Hand in exercises
(To hand in on Thursday
in week n+1
if not specified)
17
21-04-15
Complex numbers. Complex valued functions. Holomorphic functions.
The Cauchy-Riemann equations. Angles under holomorphic maps.
I§1: 4, 5, 7, 8. I§2: 2, 8, 10, 13.
Midterm 2012 Exercises 1 and 2
Exam 2010 Problem 1

17
23-04-15
Power series. Convergence radius. Analytic functions.
Differentiation of power series. Analytic Holomorphic.
I§2: 3, 4. I§3: 1, 2, 3, 4. I§4: 5.
Midterm 2011 Exercise 5
I§2: 11,12 (p. 12)
II§2: 8 (p. 59)
18
28-04-15
Formulas for the convergence radius.
The set of zeroes of an analytic function is discrete. Analytic continuation.
I§4: 6, 7. II§1: 1, 3, 4. II§2: 1, 3, 4, 5, 10.
Retake 2013 Exercise 2
Midterm 2013 Exercise 5

18
30-04-15
Sums, products, and compositions of convergent power series.
Inverse function of an analytic function.
II§4: 1, 2. II§2: 7, 11. II§3: 5.
Prove the cases 0 and ∞ of Thm 2.6 (p. 55).
Midterm 2012 Exercise 5
II§2: 6 (p. 59)
Hand in
19
07-05-15
Open mapping theorem. Maximum modulus principle. II§5: 1-6 II§6: 1-6.
Midterm 2013 Exercise 3

20
12-05-15
Connected topological spaces.
Integrals along piecewise-differentiable paths. Local primitive of a holomorphic function.
III§2: 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10.
Retake 2011 Exercise 3
II§3: 1 (p. 67)
III§2: 7 (p. 103)
21
19-05-15
Integrals along continuous paths.
Invariance of the integral under homotopies of paths and of loops.
Global primitives of holomorphic functions.
III§2: 2, 6.  III§5: 1-4. III§6: 1-4.
Retake 2012 Exercise 2
 
21
21-05-15
Local Cauchy Integral Formula. Holomorphic Analytic. III§6: 5, 6, 7, 8. III§7: 1, 3.
Midterm 2011 Exercise 4
III§2: 11
Hand in
22
26-05-15
Laurent series. Residues.
Isolated singularities: Removable singularities, poles, essential singularities.
V§2: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13.
Endterm 2011 Bonus Exercise (a)

22
28-05-15
Winding number. Homologous paths. Chains. Global Cauchy Theorem.
V§3: 1-5.
Endterm 2011 Exercise 1
V§2: 14 (p. 165)
V§3: 6 (p. 171)
23
02-06-15
Calculation of residues. Residue Formula, argument principle, and Rouche Theorem.
VI§1: 15, 16, 18, 19, 26, 28.
Endterm 2013 Exercise 3

23
04-06-15
Cauchy Integral Formula.
Computation of improper definite integrals - I.
IV§2: 2. VI§2: 1, 9, 10, 11.
Retake 2011 Exercise 4
VI §1: 33 (p.189)
Hand in
24
09-06-15
Computation of improper definite integrals - II.
VI§2: 8, 14, 15, 18.
Retake 2014 Exercise 3
24
11-06-15
Fractional linear transformations.
VII§5: 1-5, 11.
Endterm 2013 Exercise 1
Hand in
VII §5: 12 (p.238)
25
16-06-15
Analytic automorphisms of the unit disc and the upper half-plane.
Statement of the Riemann Mapping Theorem.
Applications of complex analysis to Hydrodynamics.
VI§1: 37, 38. VII§2: 1, 2. VII§4: 2.
Retake 2014 Exercise 4



25
18-06-15
The Riemann Zeta function and the Riemann Hypothesis. Remaining problems from old exams

27

Exam: Tuesday 30-06-2015 , EDUC zaal BETA, 09.00 - 12.00
30

Retake: Tuesday 21-07-2015, EDUC zaal BETA, 09.00 - 12.00




Last updated: 22 July 2015
 
I.A.Kouznetsov@uu.nl