Fall 2015 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 4051.001
Course: Mathematics 4051.001.
Course Title: Complex Analysis.
Time: TR 11:00-12:20, F 8:00-8:50.
Place: TR: WCHMAN 527 , F: WCHMAN 015.
Instructor: Datskovsky, Boris A.
Instructor Office: WCHMAN 632.
Instructor Email: boris.datskovsky@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-7847.
Office Hours: TR 1:30-3:00.
Prerequisites: Math 3142 with a grade of C- or higher or Math 3138 with a grade of C or higher.
Textbook: John B. Conway, Functions of One Complex Variable I, 2nd edition, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 11, Springer Verlag, 1978.
Course Goals: The object of this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts and techniques of complex analysis.
Topics Covered: Complex numbers and their properties, analytic functions, Cauchy's Theorem and Integral Formula and their consequences, series representation of analytic functions, calculus of residues, other topics if time allows.
Course Grading: Your grade will be based on two exams, a midterm and a final, and homework. The midterm will count for 25% of your grade, the final for 35% and the homework for 40%. The exams will be curved, if necessary, to bring the median to a C/C+ range. The homework will not be curved. The curve will apply to all grades except A's and A-'s. A's and A-'s must be earned without a curve.
Exam Dates: Midterm -- Thursday, October 8, Final -- Tuesday, December 15, 10:30-12:30 p.m.
Attendance Policy: Missing classes is entirely at your own risk. If you miss a class without a very good reaso, please ask your classmate for his/her class notes and be prepared to learn the material on your own.
Homework: Homework will be assigned at the end of every class, but will not be collected. Instead, every two weeks I will give you a homework assignment consisting of select homework problems that I will collect and grade. It is extremely important that you do all of your homework, collected and uncollected. I will begin every class by answering homework questions. Also, the Friday recitation section will be devoted to helping you with homework.
Calculator Policy: No calculators will be allowed on the midterm or the final.
Numeric-to-Letter-Grade Scale: 93-100 A, 90-92 A-, 87-89 B+, 83-86 B, 80-82 B-, 77-79 C+, 73-76 C, 70-72 C-, 65-69 D+, 55-65 D, 50-54 D-, 0-49 F.
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at (215) 204-1280, 100 Ritter Annex, to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
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Students will be charged for a course unless dropped by the Drop/Add deadline date given below.
During the first two weeks of the fall or spring semester or summer sessions, students may withdraw from a course with no record of the class appearing on the transcript. In weeks three through nine of the fall or spring semester, or during weeks three and four of summer sessions, the student may withdraw with the advisor's permission. The course will be recorded on the transcript with the instructor's notation of "W," indicating that the student withdrew. After week nine of the fall or spring semester, or week four of summer sessions, students may not withdraw from courses. No student may withdraw from more than five courses during the duration of his/her studies to earn a bachelor's degree. A student may not withdraw from the same course more than once. Students who miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in will be graded F.
The grade I (an "incomplete") is reserved for extreme circumstances. It is necessary to have completed almost all of the course with a passing average and to file an incomplete contract specifying what is left for you to do. To be eligible for an I grade you need a good reason and you should have missed not more than 25% of the first nine weeks of classes. If approved by the Mathematics Department chair and the CST Dean's office, the incomplete contract must include a default grade that will be used in case the I grade is not resolved within 12 months.