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MAU23204 Introduction to complex analysis

Module Code MAU23204
Module Title Introduction to complex analysis
Semester taught Semester 2
ECTS Credits 5
Module Lecturer Prof. Dmitri Zaitsev
Module Prerequisites
 
MAU11204 Analysis on the real line OR
MAU23203 Analysis in several real variables

Assessment Details

  • This module is examined in a 2-hour examination at the end of Semester 2.
  • Students are assessed based on the exam alone.
  • Re-assessment, if needed, consists of 100% exam.

Contact Hours

11 weeks of teaching with 3 lectures per week.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to

  • Apply basic theorems on complex sequences and series, with a special emphasis on power series.
  • Use these theorems to calculate coefficients and radii of convergence of power series.
  • State basic properties of analytic functions and apply known theorems to simple examples.
  • State Cauchy's theorems and use them to compute contour integrals.
  • Prove and use properties of important examples of analytic functions, including rational, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions.

Module Content

  • Analytic functions
  • Complex integration
  • Power series
  • Residue calculus