INSTRUCTOR: Andy Long. Office: ST 328; phone: 572-5794; email: longa@nku.edu
MEETING TIME/PLACE: 10:00-10:50, MWF, ST249
CATALOG DESCRIPTION: MAT 430 Complex Variables (3,0,3) Analytic functions of a complex variable; Cauchy's theorem and Cauchy's formula; power series; contour integrals; conformal mapping; calculus of residues. PREREQ: C or better in MAT 302 and MAT 329.
TEXT: Complex Variables and Applications, 8th Edition, James Ward Brown and Ruel V. Churchill.
GRADING: There will be three exams and a comprehensive final. Homework will be assigned regularly and handed in for grading.
Your course grade will be determined as follows: |
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The tests will be given in two parts: one part in-class, closed book; the other
part will be a few "take-home" problems.
Make-up exams will not be given except in extreme circumstances. |
I use the standard grading scale, with a small buffer zone for the assignment of plus/minus grades:
<60 | 60-70 | 70-71 | 71-79 | 79-80 | 80-81 | 81-89 | 89-90 | 90-91 | >91 |
F | D | C- | C | C+ | B- | B | B+ | A- | A |
HOMEWORK: Homework will be assigned regularly. You should expect to do a lot of homework in order to do well in the course. Each homework assignment will be handed in, so that a few homework problems (chosen at random) may be graded.
ATTENDANCE: The student is responsible for all material assigned or discussed in class. Attendance will be taken, and may be used along with class effort (as measured by participation - asking questions, answering other students' questions, group work, etc.) to resolve borderline grades.
WITHDRAWAL: The last day to withdraw from any class is March 29th, 2010. After that day it is not usually permitted.
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