Module Information

Module Identifier
MA21510
Module Title
Complex Analysis
Academic Year
2017/2018
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Mutually Exclusive
Pre-Requisite
Pre-Requisite
Other Staff

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Lecture 22 x 1 Hour Lectures
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Exam 2 Hours   (Written Examination)  100%
Supplementary Exam 2 Hours   (Written Examination)  100%

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, a student should be able to:
1. compute efficiently with complex numbers;
2. state and use the Cauchy-Riemann equations;
3. determine whether a complex-valued function is analytic;
4 evaluate contour integrals;
5 state Cauchy's theorem and describe its concequences;
6 evaluate integrals using Cauchy's integral formula;
7. expand analytic functions as a Taylor series and a Laurent series;
8. evaluate real integrals using the theory of residues.

Brief description

Complex analysis is the study of complex valued functions of a complex variable. It is, on the one hand, a fruitful area of pure mathematics exhibiting many elegant and surprising results, while, on the other, the theory has numerous applications in many branches of mathematics and engineering. The important role of complex variables in aplied mathematics, for instance, is partly due to the use of the theory of residues in the evaluation of certain real integrals and the application of conformal mapping in hydrodynamics and problems in potential theory.

Aims

The aim of the module is to study the theoretical foundations of complex variable theory and to develop skills in the application of this theory to particular problems. These skills are a necessary prerequisite to the study of some topics in other modules in the department.

Content

1. Revision of the Elementary Properties of Complex Numbers.
2. Cauchy-Riemann Equations. Analytic functions. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a function to be analytic.
3. Contour Integration. The fundamental theorem of integration.
4. Cauchy's theorem. Cauchy's integral formula, including the general version.
5. Taylor series.
6. Laurent series.
7. Theory of residues.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 5