Math 421: Complex Variables, Spring 2008

Instructor

Weimin Chen, 1336 LGRT, (413) 545-0590, wchen@math.umass.edu

Office hours: MW 10:00-11:00 or by appointment

Text

Complex Variables and Applications (Seventh Edition) by James Ward Brown and Ruel V. Churchill

Exam Schedule

Midterm 1: Feb. 28, in class.

Midterm 2: April 8, in class.

Final Exam: Th 5/15, 1:30 PM, LGRT 101.

Weekly Announcement

On Thursday May 8, I will continue with the calculation of improper integrals using the theory of residues. Homework (4/22, 4/24) is due.

The final exam will cover the following material: chapter 4, chapter 5, and the basics of residue theory (ch 6) and application to calculation of certain improper integrals (ch 7). I will give a review on Tuesday May 13.

Extended office hours: 10 AM -2 PM, Wednesday May 14.

The homework for 5/6 and 5/8 is due on the Final Exam day, 5/15.

Homework Assignments

Note: The dates marked with a star indicate the beginning of a week.
Date Assignments
1/29* 1, 2, 4, 10 in pages 4,5.
1/31 1 in page 7, 1,4,5 in page 11.
2/5* 1,2,7, 11 in pages 13, 14.
2/7 1,2,4,6,7 in page 21.
2/12* 1,2,3,4,8 in pages 28,29.
2/14 1,2,3,4 in page 35.
2/21* 1,2,3 in page 42
3/4* 2(a),3(b), 5 in page 53.
3/6 1, 2, 8 (a), (b) in pages 59-60, 1 (c) in page 68.
3/11* 4(a), (c) in page 68.
3/13 1 (a), (c), (d), 4, 6 in pages 73,74; 1, 5 in pages 31,32.
3/25* 1(a),(b), 3,4 in page 78.
3/27 7,8 in page 90, 2,5,7 in pages 103-4.
4/1* 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 in page 94.
4/10* 1, 2 (a), (b), 4, 5 in pages 115-116.
4/15* 1, 3, 10 in pages 129-130, 2 in page 141.
4/17 1 (a),(b),(c), 2, 3, 7 in pages 162-3.
4/22* 1,2,10 in pages 171-2, 2,4 in page 189.
4/24 3,7,13 in pages 189-90, 1,4 in page 198, 4,6 in page 213.
5/6* 2 in page 230.
5/8 4, 6 in page 257.