Complex Analysis
(Fall 2022)

Lecture Notes

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8/23/22: Complex number algebraic operations. Go here for the class notes. Go here for the 8/23/22 video.
8/25/22: Complex number geometric properties, polar form, Taylor series, geometric series. Go here for the class notes. Go here for the 8/25/22 video.
8/30/22: Principal argument and multi-valued argument, complex logs and powers. Go here for the class notes. Go here for the 8/30/22 video.
9/1/22: Equation-solving using geometry and algebra in the complex plane, open and closed sets. Go here for the class notes. Go here for the 9/1/22 video.
9/6/22: We discussed topology of the complex plane. Go here for the class notes. Go here for the 9/6/22 video.
9/8/22: We discussed limits and continuity for complex-valued functions. Go here for the class notes.
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9/13/22: We discussed continuous complex-valued functions and the stereographic projection. Go here for the class notes. Go here for the 9/13/22 video.
9/15/22: We discussed continuous complex-valued functions and complex derivatives. Go here for the class notes (fixed). Go here for the 9/15/22 video.
9/20/22: We discussed complex differentiation, the Cauchy-Riemann equations, and holomorphic functions. Go here for the class notes. Go here for the 9/20/22 video.
9/22/22: We discussed multivatiable real and complex chain rules, z and z-bar derivatives, and harmonic functions. Go here for the class notes.
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9/27/22: We discussed geometric series and integration over curves in the complex plane. Go here for the class notes. Go here for the 9/27/22 video.
9/29/22: We discussed line integrals, FTCLI, FTCCI, and Cauchy's Theorem. Go here for the class notes. Go here for the 9/29/22 video.
10/4/22: We discussed Cauchy's Theorem and the Deformation Theorem. Go here for the class notes. Go here for the 10/4/22 video.
10/10/22: We discussed review questions for the test. Go here for the notes. Go here for the 10/10/22 video.
10/13/22: We discussed the Cauchy Integral Theorem with the weak hypothesis, and we proved the Cauchy Integral Formula. From that we derived the mean value property for both holomorphic and harmonic functions. Go here for the notes. Go here for the 10/13/22 video.
10/18/22: We discussed the Cauchy integral formula for derivatives, Liouville's theorem, the Cauchy inequalities, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, and the fact that holomorphic functions are infinitely differentiable. Go here for the notes. Go here for the 10/18/22 video.
10/20/22: We discussed the maximum modulus principle and the geometric series. Go here for the notes. Go here for the 10/20/22 video.
10/25/22: We derived the Taylor series formula and consequences. Go here for the notes (corrected). Go here for the 10/25/22 video.
10/27/22: We derived the identity and uniqueness theorems for holomorphic functions. Go here for the notes. Go here for the 10/27/22 video.
11/1/22: We discussed examples of using the identity and uniqueness theorem and began the process of deriving the Laurent series expansion. Go here for the notes. Go here for the 11/1/22 video.
11/3/22: We derived the Lauremt series expansion.
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11/8/22: We talked more about the Laurent series expansion and types of isolated singularities.
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11/10/22: We discussed Laurent series, uniqueness of analytic continuation, term-by-term differentiability of Laurent and Taylor series.
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11/15/22: We discussed properties of the three types of isolated singularities of holomorphic functions.
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11/17/22: We discussed singularities, the residue theorem, and applications.
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11/29/22: We discussed using residues to find values of real integrals. We also introduced the argument principle.
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12/1/22: We used residues to find values of another improper real integral. We discussed the argument principle and Rouche's Theorem.
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12/6/22: We discussed Rouche's theorem some more. Also we introduced the gamma function at the Riemann zeta function and their analytic continuations.
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