M361: Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable


Announcements

Solutions to the final exam are posted below.

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Basic Information

Professor: Dan Freed, RLM 9.162

Office Hours: Wednesdays 10:30 - 12:00

For more details, see the First Day Handout.


Homework

Homework #1 due September 1

Homework #2 due September 8

Homework #3 due September 15

Homework #4 due September 22

Homework #5 due September 29

Homework #6 due October 6

Homework #7 due October 13

Homework #8 due October 20

Homework #9 due October 27

Homework #10 due November 8

Homework #11 due November 10

Homework #12 due November 17

Homework #13 due November 22

Homework #14 due December 1


Notes

Remarks on functions from the September 8 lecture.


Tests

Brief solutions to Test 1.

Brief solutions to Test 2.

Brief solutions to the final exam.


Additional Readings

Richard Feynman on complex numbers and Euler's formula.

Roger Penrose on the magic and geometry of complex numbers.

Roger Penrose on some topics we cover and some we don't.

J. L. Walsh on the proof of the Cauchy integral formula.


Visualization Tools

The complex line

Complex maps

Complex Maps via animations; see also this link

Yet another visualization of complex maps

The Complex Derivative

Multivalued Maps

Complex Roots

Complex Exponential

Exponential, Sine, Cosine