Section 01
201 LOV
TR 2:00-3:15
Complex Variables
MAA 4402 Spring 1999
http://www.math.fsu.edu/~bowers/MAA4402/
Section 01
201 LOV
TR 2:00-3:15

instructor
Philip L. Bowers
contact me
113 Love Building; 644-2889 (office); 644-2202 (front desk)
email: bowers@math.fsu.edu; webpage: http://www.math.fsu.edu/~bowers/
office hours I am available to help students from 10:00-11:00 TR, by appointment, and anytime I am in my office.
eligibility
The student should have passed MAC 2313 Calculus III.
text
Complex Variables and Applications, Sixth Edition, by Brown and Churchill.
content
We will cover substantial portions of chapters 1 through 11 of the text. The course is divided into five units.
  1. Analytic Functions and Elementary Functions: Chapters 1-3
  2. Conformal Mapping with Selected Applications: Chapters 8-10
  3. Complex Integration: Chapters 4 and 11
  4. Taylor and Laurent Series: Chapter 5
  5. Theory of Residues with Applications to Integration: Chapters 6-7
homework
Assignments, updated perodically, are listed here.
objectives
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the calculus of complex valued functions of a complex variable. Though proofs will be presented of many of the results covered, the emphasis will be on gaining a geometric understanding of complex analytic functions as well as developing computational skills in employing the powerful tools of complex analysis for solving problems.
attendance
I strongly advise you to attend class regularly. A student absent from class bears the full responsibility for all subject matter and procedural information discussed in class.
courtesy
Generally, I expect you to get to class on time and not to leave class until I have dismissed it. If you must leave class early, please let me know before class begins.
grading
Your grade in the course will be based on your performance on homework assignments, a mid-term exam, and a final exam, with equal weight given to these three items.
test dates
The mid-term exam will be on 4 March. The final will be during the scheduled two hour period during finals week, which, for our class, falls on Monday, 26 April, from 10:00 to 12:00 AM.
schedule
A week by week pacing schedule is listed here.

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