JS & SS Mathematics, SS Two-subject Moderatorship
Annual Examinations:
The format will be the same as in the year 2013/2014 exam, part I, which can be considered a sample paper.
Credit will be given for the best 3 questions out of total 4 questions.
Problem Sheets in PDF:
Sheet 1
Sheet 2
Course outline:
Real and complex differentiability. Holomorphic functions.
Conformal mappings.
Complex integration of holomorphic functions along arbitrary continuous paths.
Homotopy version of Cauchy's theorem.
Elements of homology and homological version
of Cauchy's theorem.
Cauchy-Green's Formula and relation to
Cauchy's Integral formula. Power series expansion of holomoprhic functions.
Radius and disk of convergence of power series. Cauchy-Hadamard formula.
Theorem of Morera. Cauchy's estimates.
Liouville's theorem. Application to the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.
Compact convergence and Weierstrass theorem.
Order of zeroes. The identity principle.
Laurent series expansion in a ring.
Isolated singularities. Removable singularities, poles, essential singularities.
Riemann extension theorem. Meromorphic functions. Casorati-Weierstrass theorem.
The argument principle. Rouché's theorem. Open mapping theorem.
The univalence theorem (local injectivity criterion). Inverse maping theorem.
Spaces of holomorphic functions. Seminorms and relation with compact convergence.
Montel's theorem. Biholomphic maps between open sets. The Riemann mapping theorem.
Textbooks:
[1] L. V. Ahlfors, Complex Analysis, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978.
[2] J. B. Conway, Functions of One Complex Variable, Second Edition, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 11, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1978.
[3] R. Remmert, Theory of Complex Functions, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 122, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1991.
[4] R. V. Churchill, J. W. Brown, Complex Variables and Applications, Fourth edition. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1984.
[5] B. P. Palka, An Introduction to Complex Function Theory, Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1991.
Problem book: George Polya and Gabor Szego, "Problems and theorems in analysis:
Series, integral calculus, theory of functions".
In Google Books
See also Polya's famous book "How to Solve It".
In Google Books
Some links.
Course 214 - Complex Variable by David Wilkins
Complex Analysis Project
by John H. Mathews.
Graphics for Complex Analysis
by Douglas N. Arnold.
A Complex Function Viewer
by The University of British Columbia SunSITE.
Wolfram Mathworld Pages on Complex Analysis (not reliable)
Wikipedia Pages on Complex Analysis
Conformal Projections in Cartography
by Carlos A. Furuti
Old Complex Analysis course web pages.
Old 3423/4 web page for 2013-14 with Problem Sheets
Old 3423/4 web page for 2011-12 with Problem Sheets
Old 3423/4 web page for 2009-10 with Problem Sheets
Old 414 web page for 2007-08 with Problem Sheets and Solutions
Old 414 web page for 2005-06 with Problem Sheets
Old 414 web page for 2003-04
by Richard M. Timoney with
Lecture Notes and Problem Sheets.
For exam-related problems look in
TCD past examination papers and
Mathematics department examination papers.
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