Math 410 (Complex Analysis)

Instructor: Dennis DeTurck

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General Information for this class:

  • Class meetings are TTh from 10:30 - 12:00 in DRL A5.
  • The textbook is Complex Analysis by Elias Stein and Rami Shakarchi (pub. Princeton U Press).
  • I have two offices -- my "Dean of the College" office is in 120 Claudia Cohen Hall, tel. 8-7867, and that is where I spend most of my time these days. My math dept office is DRL 3E1, tel. 3-9036, and we'll meet there occasionally for office hours. My email address is deturck@math.upenn.edu.
  • I am not yet certain when I will have "regular" office hours, but the first one will be on Monday September 14 from 7:30-9 pm in my apartment in Riepe CH in the Quad (102 McIlhenny).
  • There is a teaching fellow assigned to this class. His name is Aditya Surapaneni. You can find him in DRL 4C1, tel. 8-7836. He will also hold office hours, and we'll announce the time soon.


    Basic Ground Rules:

    Final grade based on five equal parts: Final exam, two midterm exams, everything else (equals two parts). Everything else includes regular homework, very occasional computer homework, etc..

    Homework will be assigned once a week or so, and due a week later. Very occasionally, you may need to use the computer to do some of your homework. The hardest thing about the study of complex variables is thinking of the variable z as a single entity, rather than in terms of its real and imaginary parts. Once we begin doing analysis (i.e., differentiation and integration) with functions of complex variables, this is crucial. You will also finally make your peace with series, if you haven't already. So I want you to work a little bit all the time (rather than in a panic the night before some big assignment is due) so that what goes on in class makes more sense to you. The homework will often contain instructions for reading. Make sure you do the reading before the class for which it is assigned. I will assume you have done so.


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