MATH 147 LEC A: COMPLEX ANALYSIS (44766)

Math 147  Fall 2023

Instructor Contact Information:

Isaac Goldbring
Email: isaac@math.uci.edu
Homepage:  https://www.math.uci.edu/~isaac

Office: RH 410 J
Office Hours: Mondays at 2pm (Zoom link), Thursdays at 8am (Zoom link).  

Course Information:

• Text:  Complex variables and applications by Brown and Churchill (Ninth edition).

• Course Description: Rigorous treatment of basic complex analysis: analytic functions, Cauchy integral theory and its consequences, power series, residue calculus, harmonic functions, conformal mapping. Students are expected to do proofs.

• Prerequisite or corequisite: Math 140B.

• Class Meetings: MWF 9-9:50 in SH 174.

• Discussion Section:  TR 1-1:50 in PSCB 140.
• TA:  Michael Hehmann mhehmann@uci.edu Office hours TR 10:30-11:30 in RH 590.
• Homework: There will be 5 homework assignments due during the quarter.  They will be due every other Wednesday beginning with Week 2.  Only 4 problems from each homework assignment will be graded.  You can find the HW assignments under the Assignment tab on Canvas.  The lowest homework score will be dropped.  
  • Homework is to be turned in using the Gradescope tab on Canvas.  You must upload a single pdf  of your assignment.
    
    • You can submit your assignment any time before 11:59pm on the day that it is due.
    • You can scan your homework using a scanner or a scanning app on your phone.  CamScanner is a good free app to use.
    • Please put your first and last name and the assignment number on all pages of all assignments.
• Midterm exam:  There will be one midterm exam on Friday, November 3, to be taken in class during the normal lecture time.
  
  • As with the homework assignments, you will upload your solutions to the exam using Gradescope.  You will do so directly after the exam has finished.

• Final exam:  The final exam will take place on Wednesday, December 13, from 8-10am.  We will follow the same protocol for the final exam as we did for the midterm exam. 

• Grievances: If you disagree with the way your homework or exams were graded, you must bring your complaint to me or the TA within 1 week or forever hold your peace. Similarly, you must check that your homework and exam scores were input on Canvas correctly; if the grades were input incorrectly, you also have 1 week to report this.
• Academic Integrity Policy: All students are expected to complete a course in compliance with the Instructor’s standards. No student shall engage in any activity involving any Academic Integrity Policy Viola- tions. No student shall engage in any activity that involves attempting to receive a grade by means other than honest effort, and shall not aid an- other student who is attempting to do so.
• Grading Breakdown:
  • Homework:  30%
  • Midterm exam:  30%
  • Final exam:  40%

• Ideal Grading Scale:

  97-100 A+

  92-96.9 A

  90-91.9 A-

  87-89.9 B+

  82-86.9 B

  80-81.9 B-

  77-79.9 C+

  72-76.9 C

  70-71.9 C-

  67-69.9 D+

  62-66.9 D

  60-61.9 D-

  < 60 F

  Any curving will take place after the final exam and will be at the discretion of the instructor