MAT430 - Complex Analysis - Spring, 2010

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:
Homework: 20%
Three Exams 60%
Final (May 5th, 10:10) 20%
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.

OFFICE HOURS:

I am also available by appointment, and at random when approached with a smile.

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