Math 5420 (Functions of a Complex Variable)
Spring 2019, UNT

Lecture: GAB 461, TR 12:30-1:50pm

Instructor: Professor Olav Richter

• Office: GAB 412
• Office hours: T 3-4pm, R 2-4pm, and by appointment
• Phone: 565-4352
• email: richter@unt.edu

Course Description: Math 5420 is the continuation of Math 5410. The course is highly recommended for students who are considering taking the complex analysis qualifying exam. Topics include: Applications of the residue theorem, product developments, conformal mappings, and elliptic functions.

Textbook: We will not follow a particular textbook very closely. However, most of the material that we will cover can be found in the following three books:

• Title: Complex Analysis
• Author: Lars V. Ahlfors
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

• Title: Functions of One Complex Variable
• Author: John B. Conway
• Publisher: Springer

• Title: Complex Analysis ( ebook )
• Author: Eberhard Freitag and Rolf Busam
• Publisher: Springer

Exams & Grading Policy: Your final grade will be based on homework, a midterm, and a comprehensive final. Homework assignments will be handed out in class and your lowest homework score will be dropped.  The midterm will be on March 7^th.  The final exam will be on May 9^th (10:30-12:30pm).  Please make sure that you are available at those dates, since there will be NO make up exams!  The grade is comprised of

• Homework (30%),
• Midterm (30%),
• Comprehensive Final (40%).