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Sections |
Topics |
Student Learning Outcomes
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| 1
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2.1 & 2.2
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Introduction to complex numbers, their operations and geometry.
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- Complex numbers and the complex plane.
- Elementary operations on complex numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, conjugation, modulus, argument).
- Complex numbers in Cartesian and polar forms.
- Complex operations: Elementary algebraic identities and inequalities.
- Geometric meaning of complex arithmetic operations.
- DeMoivre's Formula.
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2
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3.1, 3.2, 3.3
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Topology of the complex plane. Continuous complex functions.
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- Essential analysis concepts: sequences, series, limits, convergence, completeness.
- Basic topology of the complex plane: open, closed and punctured discs, open and closed sets, neighborhoods.
- Continuous functions and operations on them.
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3
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4.1
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Complex differentiation
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- Definition of complex derivative at a point.
- Cauchy-Riemann equations.
- Examples of differentiable and non-differentiable complex functions.
- Holomorphic functions.
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4
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4.2
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Examples of power series of holomorphic functions.
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- Review of Taylor coefficients and Taylor series. Radius of convergence.
- Differentiation of Taylor series.
- Taylor series of rational functions.
- The complex exponential, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions and their Taylor series.
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5
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4.3, 4.5 & 4.5
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Complex natural logarithms. Multivalued holomorphic functions. Singularities.
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- Definition of the multivalued complex natural logarithm, its principal branch, and other branches.
- Derivatives of inverse functions. Derivative of the complex natural logarithm.
- Complex powers via logarithms.
- Definition of branch point and branches.
- Functions holomorphic in punctured neighborhoods. Poles and other singularities.
- Examples of branching and singularities (complex logarithms, inverse trigonometric/hyperbolic functions, and complex powers).
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6
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None
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Review. First midterm exam.
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7
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5.2 & 5.3
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Parametric curves. Line integrals.
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- Parametric representation of piecewise smooth curves.
- Arc-length. Rectifiable curves.
- Line integrals: Definition, examples, and elementary properties.
- Line integrals of holomorphic functions. Fundamental Theorem.
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8
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5.4 & 5.5
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Estimation and convergence of line integrals.
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- Majorization of path integrals by arclength and bound on magnitude of integrand.
- Antiderivatives of complex functions with path-independent line integrals.
- Uniform and non-uniform convergence of sequences and series of complex functions.
- Continuous uniform limits of continuous sequences and series, and their integrals.
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9
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6.1, 6.2, 6.3
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Cauchy's Theorem and its basic consequences.
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- Statement of Cauchy's Theorem.
- Proof of Cauchy's Theorem.
- The Deformation Theorem.
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10
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4.2 & 4.3
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- Recursion.
- The Binomial Theorem (Binomial Expansion Formula).
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- Mathematical Induction.
- Inductive proofs.
- Factorials.
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- Recognize recursive definitions of sequences and sets.
- Prove elementary properties of recursively defined sets and sequences (Fibonacci and geometric sequences).
- Recursively construct successive rows of Pascal's triangle.
- Identify the entries in Pascal's Triangle as Binomial Coefficients.
- State and apply the Binomial Expansion Formula.
- Compute individual binomial coefficients using the quotient-of-falling powers formula (n𝑪k) = n(n−1)…(n−k+1)/k!
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11
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5.1 & 5.2
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- The rational number system 𝐐.
- The real number system 𝐑.
- Fractional powers and roots of real numbers.
- Rational and irrational numbers. Existence of irrationals.
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- Divisibility of integers.
- Unique factorization and the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.
- Decimals and decimal expansions.
- Roots and fractional powers of real numbers.
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- Identify the set 𝐐 of rational numbers as a number system (a field).
- Identify the set 𝐑 of real numbers as a number system (a field extending 𝐐).
- Prove the irrationality of √2 and, more generally, of √p for p prime.
- Prove that fractional powers xm/n of real x>0 are well defined and unique.
- Informally interpret the convergence of decimal expansions as the completeness of 𝐑.
- Informally recognize that the universal existence of roots ⁿ√x and fractional powers xm/n of real numbers x>0 relies on the completeness of 𝐑.
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12
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8.1–8.4
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- Introduction to complex numbers and their operations.
- The complex number system 𝐂.
- The complex plane.
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- The real number system 𝐑.
- Fractional powers and roots of real numbers.
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- Represent complex numbers algebraically in Cartesian form.
- Represent complex numbers geometrically as points on a plane.
- Carry out arithmetic operations with complex numbers.
- Interpret the geometric meaning of addition, subtraction and complex conjugation.
- Identify the set 𝐂 of complex numbers as a field extending the real number system 𝐑.
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13
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8.5–8.7
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- Polar form of complex numbers.
- Geometric meaning of complex multiplication and division.
- Powers and roots of complex numbers. De Moivre’s Theorem.
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- The complex number system 𝐂.
- The complex plane.
- Roots and fractional powers of real numbers.
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- Represent complex numbers in polar form.
- Algebraically relate the Cartesian and polar forms of a complex number.
- Use the identities cis(𝜃+ɸ) = cis𝜃∙cisɸ and (cis𝜃)n = cis(n𝜃) (De Moivre's formula) for the complex trigonometric function cis𝜃 = cos𝜃 + i∙sin𝜃 to evaluate products and powers both algebraically and geometrically.
- Evaluate all n-th roots of a given complex number both in trigonometric and (when possible) in algebraic closed form, and represent them geometrically.
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14
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8.8–9.2
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- Roots and factors of polynomials. The Remainder Theorem.
- Real and complex roots.
- The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.
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- The complex number system 𝐂.
- Powers and roots of complex numbers. De Moivre’s Theorem.
- Polynomials: arithmetic operations, long division, and factorizations.
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- State and prove the Remainder Theorem.
- Identify roots with linear factors of a polynomial.
- Factor given simple polynomials into irreducible factors over ℚ, ℝ and ℂ.
- State the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.
- Use the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra to prove that irreducible real polynomials are linear or quadratic.
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