Math 120A -- Elements of Complex Analysis (Fall 2018) Course Information
(http://www.math.ucsd.edu/~bdriver/120A-F2018/index.htm)
Current Announcements
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Finals Week Office Hours: Tuesday December 11, 2-3 PM and Wednesday December 12, 11am - 12 noon.
Final Exam: Thursday December 13, 11:30am - 2:30pm in Peterson Hall, Room 102.
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| Lecture notes for class on Monday, December 3, 2018. |
Instructor: Bruce Driver, Office: AP&M 5260, Phone: 534-2648. Office Hours: M. 1pm - 2pm & W. 2-3 pm. (Changed hours on Wednesday.)
Lecture times: MWF 12:00noon - 12:50pm in Peterson Hall, Room 102.
| Discussion Times: | A01: Thursday 8:00am - 8:50am Room: APM 2402 |
| A02: Thursday 9:00am - 9:50am Room: APM 2402 |
Text: Brown and Churchill, "Complex Variables and Applications," 9th edition.
TA: Geoff Ganzberger, Office AP&M
6452 Email: gganzber at ucsd dot edu
Office Hours:
Tu 1-3 pm
& W 9:30-11:30am ;
at Muir Woods cafe (underneath Pines dining hall)
| Test times: | Test #1: | Monday, October 22 at 12:00noon - 12:50pm in Class. |
| Test #2: | Friday, November 9 at 12:00noon - 12:50pm in Class. | |
| Final Exam: | Thursday December 13, 11:30am - 2:30pm in Peterson Hall, Room 102. |
Homework: Homeworks will be given weekly and are due in the homework drop box by 5:00PM on the Thursday due date. Click here to see the assignments. The drop box is located in the basement of APM.
Prerequisites: Math 20E or Math 31CH with a C- or better grade.
Course Goal: The aim is to give an introduction to
complex variable techniques by covering Chapters 1-6 and parts of 7 of the book.
Catalog Description: Complex numbers and functions. Analytic
functions, harmonic functions, elementary conformal mappings. Complex
integration. Power series. Cauchy's theorem. Cauchy's formula. Residue theorem.
Textbook: Brown and Churchill, "Complex Variables and
Applications," 9th edition.
Subject Material: We will cover chapters 1 - 6 and parts of 7 of
the text. For a more detailed list of chapter sections, see the
homework page.
Lecture: Attending the lecture is a fundamental part of
the course; you are responsible for material presented in the lecture
whether or not it is discussed in the
textbook. You should expect questions on the exams that will test your
understanding of concepts discussed in the lecture.
Reading: Reading the sections of the textbook
corresponding to the assigned homework exercises is considered part of the
homework assignment; you are responsible for material in the assigned reading
whether or not it is discussed in the
lecture. You should expect questions on the exams that will test your
understanding of concepts addressed in the reading and assigned homework
exercises.
Homework: See the
homework page for guidelines, assignments
and due dates. Your homework grade will be based on your best eight (8) of nine
(9) graded homework assignments. You should make every effort to complete each
assigned homework problem. You may seek help during office hours and/or section
with any exercises you have difficulty solving. Students are also encouraged to
discuss homework with fellow classmates. However, each student is expected to
write up his/her own solutions independently.
Late Homework: Late homework is not accepted.
Electronic Computing
Devices: Graphing calculators and computer programs (or
online computing websites such as
Wolfram|Alpha) can be very helpful when
working through your homework. However, a calculator/computer should be used as
an aid in the learning concepts, not just as a means of computation. You should
use these devices when working on math problems at home, but always keep in mind
that you will not be allowed access to any electronic computing devices during
exams. Of course, this also means that you will not be asked to solve problems
on exams that require the aid of an electronic computing device.
| The use of electronic devices will not be permitted during exams. |
You must take the midterm
on the scheduled dates and at the scheduled time.
You cannot take any exam early or late.
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You must bring photo ID with you to all the
exams. |
| You will not be allowed to use a calculator during the midterm exams. |
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If you violate the instructions of a midterm
or communicate in any way with any other student during a
midterm, you will receive a zero on that exam, and the zero will
not be dropped when calculating your cumulative course average. |
The Final Exam is
cumulative. You cannot take the final exam early or late. It
is your responsibility to ensure that you do not have a schedule conflict
involving the final exam. You should not enroll in this class if you cannot sit
for the final exam at its scheduled time.
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You must bring photo ID with you to all exams. |
| You will not be allowed to use a calculator on the final exam. |
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If you violate the instructions of the final
exam or communicate in any way with any other student during the
final exam, you will receive a zero on the final exam. |
Regrades: The midterm exam and graded homework assignments
will be returned in the discussion sections. If you find a grading or point
totaling error on an exam or a homework assignment,
you must return it immediately to your
TA. Regrade requests will not be considered once the exam or assignment
leaves the room. If you do not retrieve your graded exam or assignment during
discussion section, you must arrange to pick it up from your TA within one week
after it was returned in order for any regrade request to be considered.
Grade Recording Errors: Keep all of your returned homework and exams and
check TED to make sure that the grades on your papers are the same as the grades
recorded on TED. If there is any mistake in the recording of your scores, you
must bring us the original assignment/lab/exam in order for us to make a change.
Grades: Your cumulative average will be the best of
the following two weighted averages:
| midterm1 (25%) + midterm2 (25%) + final (35%) + homework (15%) |
| best midterm (25%) + final (60%) + homework (15%) |
After your weighted average is calculated, letter
grades will be assigned based on the standard grading scale:
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A+ |
A |
A- |
B+ |
B |
B- |
C+ |
C |
C- |
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70 |
We may adjust the above scale to be more lenient (depending on the overall class
performance), but we guarantee that we will not adjust the scale to make it
harder to get a better grade. Please note:
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You must pass the final examination in order
to pass the course. |
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Since there are no makeup exams, if you miss a midterm exam, then your course grade will be
computed with the final exam counting 60% of your weighted
average. |
Piazza: Piazza is an online discussion forum that allows
you to ask questions using mathematical symbols and expressions. Piazza was
designed to enable you to get help quickly and efficiently from classmates, TAs,
and instructors. Rather than emailing questions to the teaching staff, you are
encouraged to post your questions on Piazza. Find our class page at:
http://piazza.com/ucsd/fall2018/math120a?token=jwZ9DoGiOul. If you have any problems
or feedback for the developers, email:
team@piazza.com.
Suggestions: Below are some suggestions that I hope will help
you to succeed in this course:
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The best study strategy for this class is to
go over all material covered in lectures and all HW problems and
then if there's time, do additional problems from the textbook.
For the final you should also study all the problems done in the
midterm. |
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Spend sufficient time on the
course. According to the policy of UCSD's Academic Senate, "The
value of a course in units...shall be reckoned at the rate of
one unit for three hours' work per week per quarter on the part
of the student." Since Math 120A is worth 4 credits, you should be willing to spend about 24
hours per week on the course. |
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Keep up with the homework and do not miss a
midterm. Missing a midterm puts a lot more pressure on your
final exam performance . |
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Get started on the homework assignments
early. This will enable you to make the most of your discussion
section time by coming prepared with specific questions. |