Complex
Analysis I and II
Qualifier Topics
topics with * denote advanced topics
References:
L. V.
Ahlfors, Complex Analysis (McGraw-Hill)
J. B. Conway, Functions of One
Complex Variable I (Springer-Verlag)
S. Fisher, Complex Variables, second
edition.
Also, for background:
Jones and Singerman, Complex
Functions (Cambridge)
Rudin, Real Analysis (McGraw-Hill);
Brown and
Churchill, Complex Variables (McGraw-Hill);
Spiegel, Theory and Problems
of Complex Variables (Schaum's Outline Series)
Analytic functions,
basic properties
the
derivative:
Cauchy-Riemann
equations
conformal
mapping
harmonic
conjugates
power series
representation of analytic functions:
uniform convergence
radius of convergence
elementary examples of analytic functions and their mapping
properties:
z^n and
polynomials
rational
functions
Moebius
transformations
exp z and log
z and trig functions
Complex integration
the complex line integral
Cauchy integral formula and theorem
Estimates of the absolute value of the
complex integral
Liouville's
Theorem
Fundamental Theorem of
Algebra
winding number
simple connectedness and the existence of
the antiderivative
Morera's
theorem
Singularities
three types of singularities
Laurent series
residues
the argument
principle
Rouche's Theorem
Casorati-Weierstrass Theorem (concerning
essential singularities)
evaluation of real integrals using residues
Other theorems
and concepts
*Schwarz lemma
*Open mapping theorem
*Maximum Modulus Theorem
*Mean value property for harmonic
functions
*Poisson kernel
*the Riemann Mapping Theorem
*Weierstrass products
*the Gamma function, product
representation
*Elliptic
functions, Weierstrass P function