Math 534/535/536: Complex Analysis

Steffen Rohde

Autumn/Winter/Spring 1999-2000, MWF 10:30-11:20


While it is a classical, well developed and elegant theory that provides indispensible tools for many areas of mathematics,  complex analysis is at the same time a very active field of modern mathematical research.  This entry level graduate course covers the basic theory of functions of one complex variable.

The topics covered in the first two quarters include complex numbers, analytic functions and power series, integral representation (Cauchy's theorem), sequences of analytic functions, simply connected domains and the Riemann mapping theorem, approximation theory, analytic continuation, entire and meromorphic functions.  During the third quarter, a selection of the following topics will be discussed: Special functions and the prime number theorem, Riemann surfaces and the uniformization theorem, spaces of analytic functions, conformal mappings, complex dynamics.

Prerequisite: Real Analysis as covered in 424-426.

Textbook: for the first two quarters, John B. Conway, Functions of one complex variable, Springer. Another source I'll occasionally be drawing from is Lars Ahlfors, Complex Analysis.

Grades: will be determined from homework (30%), one midterm exam (30%), and the final exam (40%).