COURSE: Complex Analysis, M381D, #54885, MWF 10-11, Spring 2017 ------ TEXT: L.V. Ahlfors, Complex Analysis, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1979. ---- SYLLABUS: Much of chapters 2-4 in Ahlfors' book, part of chapters 5 and 6, -------- and some more on elliptic functions (Chapter 7). This includes the topics listed on the Preliminary Exam Syllabus. INSTRUCTOR: H. Koch, Office Hours: TTh 2:00-3:30, RLM 12.152 ---------- Email: koch@math.utexas.edu, Web: www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/ HOMEWORK: Homework will be assigned on Wednesdays, and collected one week -------- later in class. The homework counts 10% toward the course grade. EXAMS: There will be two in-class midterm exams on Friday February 24 ----- and Friday April 7, and a final exam on Saturday May 13. The highest midterm grade, and the grade on the final contribute 45% each to the class grade. Make-up exams are given only if a student missed an exam and can document a valid reason (accident, illness, or legal obligation, whose timing was not known before February 2) or if granted by the instructor before February 2. DROP DEADLINE: May 5 MORE INFO: See the class web page www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/M381D/ --------- SOME OTHER REFERENCES: J.B. Conway, "Functions of One Complex Variable", Springer, 1978. T.W. Gamelin, "Complex Analysis", Springer, 2001. R.E. Greene, S.G. Krantz, "Function Theory of One Complex Variable", AMS, 2001. S.G. Krantz, "Complex Analysis: The Geometric Viewpoint", MAA, 1990. B.P. Palka, "An Introduction to Complex Function Theory", Springer, 1991. W. Rudin, "Real and Complex Analysis", McGraw-Hill, 1987.