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MTH328 Complex Analysis (8)

Abstract

This subject allows you to appreciate how complex analysis extends the ideas of calculus to the complex plane, and throws light on real number problems. It generalises the concepts of calculus (limits, derivatives, Taylor series and integrals) to functions of complex variables. The subject culminates with residue theory and its applications to both complex and real integration. This subject enables you to be more familiar and comfortable with mathematical background, concepts and language necessary for the study of applicable mathematics.

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Session 1
DistanceAlbury-Wodonga Campus
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Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLSchool of Computing and Mathematics

Enrolment restrictions

Prerequisite(s)
MTH218

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to explain the nature of complex numbers, and their representation in the complex plane;
  • be able to explain the concept of function as applied to complex numbers, and the ideas of limit, continuity, and differentiation of complex functions;
  • be able to identify elementary functions defined in terms of complex numbers;
  • be able to apply the techniques of integration in the complex plane;
  • be able to write complex functions as Taylor and Laurent series and
  • be able to apply residue theory to evaluate closed contour integrals.

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:
  • Complex numbers and their properties.
  • Complex functions, limits and continuity.
  • Derivatives, the Cauchy-Riemann equations, analytic functions.
  • Elementary functions.
  • Integration of complex functions.
  • Power series methods.
  • Residue theory.
  • Applications.

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The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.