MATM3714: Complex analysis 2018

1. Contact details
The lecturer is Dr E. Ngounda,
Office: WWG 116, Tel: 051401 2329,
E-Mail: NgoundaE@ufs.ac.za

Consultation time: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 2pm-4pm. If you want to see me at another
time, please an email to arrange a mutually convenient time.

2. Course structure

2.1 Lectures & Assignments

There will be approximately 25 lectures. The lecture content will come mainly from the prescribed
book below, and whenever necessary, notes will be made available on Blackboard. The two lectures
sessions will be complemented by a weekly two hours tutorial as below:
Lectures: Monday 08:10-09:00 (FGG 376) and Wednesday 09:10-10:00 (N 10).
Tutorial: Tuesday 16:10-18:00 (FGG 376).
Lectures and tutorials session are complementary to each other, I therefore strongly encourage you to
attend these sessions.

The prescribed books contain a series of exercises at the end of each chapter/section. The exercises
are an integral part of the course and you should make a serious attempt to work through most of them
(if not all of them) on your own. The books also contain selected solutions to some exercises (at the
end of the book). I will trust you to have serious attempts at solving the exercises without looking at
the solutions.

2.2 Assignments
At the end of each chapter, you’ll be given an assignment (it will be posted on the blackboard) which
you are required to submit the following week. No excuses or late submission will be allowed
(unless exceptional circumstances). At the end of the semester, the average assigment mark will
count 10% toward your semester mark.

3. Tests and Exam

3.1 Tests
There will be two (2 hours) tests as follows: Test1: 27/03/2018 and Test2: 08/05/2018

3.2 Sick Test:

A sick test will be written on 24/05/2018. Only students who missed either of the Tests with a valid
justification (see below) will be allowed to write the sick test.

Conditions for writing the Sick test:

 If you miss a test due to unforeseen medical circumstances; you must contact the lecturer as
soon as possible within 72 hours (3 days) after the test.
  Only a valid original medical certificate will be accepted as a justification for missing a test.
 The sick test will cover lectures content for both Tests 1 and 2.
 The dates and venues for these tests will be announced on Blackboard.

3.3 Exam:
The exam will be a 3hours paper which will include everything that we will have covered throughout
the semester (including proofs) in the lectures.

3.4 Final mark:

Each semester test will contribute 45% to your semester mark (SM) while the average of the bi-
weekly assignments will count for 10%. Your final mark (FM) is the average of the module mark and
the examination mark.
NB:
 To qualify for the exam, you need a minimum semester mark of 40%.
 Should there be any unforeseen event which prevent us from writing either/or both Test(s),
the semester mark will be calculated out of the mark at our disposal at that time.

4. Textbooks:
The following text books will be used. Lectures content will mainly come from the first book (which
well details and of which copy of the 3rd edition can be downloaded online). However, any text book
which covers the course content (indicated below) is welcome.
1. Title: Complex analysis for Mathematics and engineering, 6 th edition (you can download a 3rd
edition of this book online), Authors: John H. Mathews, Russell W. Howell, Year: 2010,
Publisher: Jones and Bartlet Learning.
2. Title: Complex analysis, Authors: Joseph Bak, Donald J. Newman, Year: 2010, Publisher:
Springer, New York

5. Syllabus:
1. Complex Numbers (week: 1)
1.1 The algebra of complex number
1.2 Geometry of complex number
1.3The topology of complex numbers

2. Complex functions (week:2-3)

2.1 Functions and linear mappings
2.2 The mapping w=z^n and w=z^1/n
2.3 Limits an continuity
2.4 Branches of functions

3. Analytic and harmonic functions (week: 4-5)

3.1 Differentiable and analytic functions

3.2 The Cauchy-Riemann equations
3.3 Harmonic functions

4. Sequence and power series (weeks: 6-7)

4.1 Sequences and series

4.2 Geometric series and convergence theorems
 4.3 Power series functions

5. Elementary functions (weeks: 8-9)

5.1 The complex exponential function
5.2 The complex logarithm
5.3 Complex exponents
5.4 Trigonometric and hyperbolic functions
5.5 Inverse trigonometric and hyperbolic functions

6. Complex integration (weeks: 10-11)

6.1 Complex integrals
6.2 Contours and contour integrals
6.3 The Cauchy-Goursat theorem
6.4 The fundamental theorem of integration

7. Taylor and Laurent series (weeks: 12-13)

7.1 Uniform convergence
7.2 Taylor series representations
7.3 Laurent series representations
7.4 Singularities, zeros, and poles
7.5 Applications of Taylor and Laurent series

8. Residue Theory (We’ll cover if time permit)

8.1 The Residue theorem
8.2 Trigonometric integrals
8.3 Improper integrals of rational functions
8.4 Improper integrals involving trigonometric functions
8.5 Indented contour integral
8.6 Integral with branch points