Year
2021
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 120-minute lecture-1 weekly
1 x 60-minute lecture-2 weekly
1 x 1-hour tutorial weekly
Prerequisites
1 of MATH2711, ENGR2711
Enrolment not permitted
1 of MATH8711, MATH9711 has been successfully completed
Assumed knowledge
Knowledge and skills such as can be obtained from completing MATH2711 Several Variable Calculus.
Topic description

This topic includes: Elementary mappings and transcendental functions in the complex domain; branch of argument; branch of logarithm. Complex power series, domain of convergence. Analytic functions; Cauchy-Riemann equations. Mobius transformation; conformal mapping; Schwarz-Christoffel transformations and applications. Taylor and Laurent series. Applications of the calculus of residues. Rouche's theorem. Infinite products.

Educational aims

This topic aims to ensure that the students have a basic understanding of the following:

  • Functions of a complex variable
  • Differentiation and integration of complex valued functions
  • Solving Laplace's equation
  • Evaluating real valued integrals and infinite products using complex analysis
Expected learning outcomes

  1. Find detailed maps of complex valued functions
  2. Find derivatives and understand the concept of analytic functions
  3. Evaluate simple integrals of complex valued functions
  4. Test infinite series for convergence and divergence
  5. Find Taylor and Laurent series
  6. Apply the residue theorem to evaluate real integrals
  7. Apply Rouche's theorem to find the number of zeros of polynomials