Class schedule, Math 428, Winter 2013

For the first three weeks or so, we will pick up several skipped topics from chapters 2 and 6 and finish chapter 7, in the following order:
- Chapter 6, §75.
- Chapter 2, §§27-28 (which need a theorem from §75).
- Revised order: Chapter 7, §§82-84, then Chapter 6, §77, then Chapter 7, §§86-89.
Then we'll spend about four weeks on chapters 8-10: conformal mapping and basic applications. The rest of the quarter we'll look at more specialized topics in conformal mapping (end of chapter 10 and chapters 11-12) and/or other topics to be determined.

CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS: [date posted]

• Warning: Math department servers occasionally go down for a few hours. Don't wait for the last minute to look up information you need.

• [1/8] First typo of the new year: in Problem D, Γ(1) = 1 (not zero). (Perhaps I was thinking 0! and forgot the exclamation point.) Fixed in pdf linked below.
• [1/9] MATHDAY Monday, March 25 (spring break): Volunteers get a free lunch, in addition to being there for talks and activities. To volunteer, contact Jim Morrow morrow@math.washington.edu. He'll write back sometime in February, asking which times and activities you'd like to help with. For more information, see Mathday website.
• [1/15] Office hours for the quarter now posted on Math 428 Homepage. Also note below, Midterm 1 confirmed for 1/30.
• [1/25] Changes in my schedule are forcing changes in office hours this week and next. I'll try to keep both the homepage and the schedule below up to date.
• [1/26] Some Test info is now posted, probably will be updated by Monday.

Daily schedule. Most future information subject to change. Except for the final exam and university holidays, the further away the date, the more tentative the information.

• M 1/7: Course intro: see information on all the links on class homepage. §75.
• W 1/9: §§75, 27.
• F 1/11: §§28, 82-83.
• M 1/14: §§83-84.
• W 1/16: Homework Assignment 1 (revised) due. §§77, 86.
• F 1/18: §§86-87: stated generalization of Rouche's Theorem from Mathews & Howell (in library not on reserve, also I have a copy).
• M 1/21: Martin Luther King Holiday, no classes.
• W 1/23: proof of generalized Rouche's theorem; §88.
• F 1/25: HW 2 due in class, or my office before 4 (I will not get back to my office after class until about 3:45). (See HW info page for assignment). Wrap up §§88-89; start Chapter 8?
• M 1/28: Catchup and review; some of chapter 8.
  Office hours: first 10:30 Monday office hour; today-only shift of 2:40 office hour to about 3:40-4:30.
• Tu 1/29: extra office hours for midterm, 1:30-2:20 and 4-5.
• WEDNESDAY 1/30: Midterm 1. Test info.
• F 2/1: §§92-93.
• M 2/4: §§101-102, 95.
• W 2/6: §§ 96-97, 103-104.
• F 2/8: HW 3 due in class, or my office before 4. (See HW info page for assignment). Introduction to Chapter 10 as motivation for §§105-106, and those sections.
  After class at 2:30: Math Across Campus talk "Math Meets Muscle" by Tom Daniel, Kane 210.
• M 2/11: §§107-108.
• W 2/13: §108.
• F 2/15: HW 4 due; §109.
• M 2/18: President's Day Holiday, no classes.
• W 2/20: §§109-111.
• F 2/22: HW 5 due; §§112-114.
• M 2/25: §§113-114 (not on midterm).
• W 2/27: Review.
• F 3/1: Midterm 2. Test info.
• M 3/4: §§113-115.
• W 3/6: Midterm review and discussion; §115.
• F 3/8: HW 6 due in class, or my office before 4. Wrap up §115 and start Chapter 11.
• M 3/11: §§117-119.
• W 3/13: §§120-121, intro to the Poincare half-plane model of the hyperbolic plane.*
• F 3/15: HW 7 due in class, or my office before 3:30. More on Poincare half-plane; review.
• Sunday, March 17: Office hours 3:30-5.
• Final Exam: Mon. March 18, 2:30-4:20. Test info.
  This date and time are assigned by the university and cannot be changed.

*References if you want to learn more about this topic: Visual Complex Analysis, by Needham (on reserve), and Experiencing Geometry, by David Henderson (later editions, Henderson and Taimina).

Homework information: Assignments, solutions, and guidelines.
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Most recently updated on March 15, 2013