COURSE: Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable, M361 #56905, Spring 2014 ------ TTh 9:30-11:00, RLM 5.126, attendance is mandatory. TEXT: J.E. Marsden, M.J. Hoffman, "Basic Complex Analysis", 3rd edition ---- SYLLABUS: Ch. 1: Analytic Functions (7 days) -------- Ch. 2: Cauchy's Theorem (6 days) Ch. 3: Series Representation of Analytic Functions (4 days) Ch. 4: Calculus of Residues (5 days) Ch. 5: Conformal Mappings (3 days) INSTRUCTOR: Hans Koch, Office Hours Tue Thu Fri 4:00-5:00 pm ---------- | 93 -100 A GRADING: Letter grades (A,A-,B+,...,D-,F) will be given for | 89 - 92 A- ------- each exam, but number grades (100,99,..,2,1,0) will | 85 - 88 B+ be kept for averaging. The course grade is obtained | 81 - 84 B by averaging the number grades of the 4 exams. | 77 - 80 B- Each student may replace the grade of ONE exam by | 73 - 76 C+ the grade of one of the following exams. | 69 - 72 C | 65 - 68 C- HOMEWORK is assigned every Tue and collected one week later | 61 - 64 D+ -------- in class. Each assignment is graded on a scale 0..20 | 57 - 60 D The sum/2 of the ten highest scores contributes 6% | 53 - 56 D- to the class grade. | 0 - 52 F | Homework 6% ---> 8% EXAMS: Three 70 minute in-class (Exams 1,2,3) | Exam 1 (Th Feb 6) 22% ---> 0% (class got canceled - weather) ----- and a 120 minute Final (Exam 4, 9-11 am) | Exam 2 (Th Mar 6) 23% ---> 28% Books, calculators, or notes are not | Exam 3 (Th Apr 10) 24% ---> 28% allowed. No make-up exams will be given. | Exam 4 (Fr May 9) 25% ---> 36% MORE INFO: See the class web page http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/M361/ ---------