Department of Mathematics

Islamic University of Gaza

Course Description and Syllabus
Complex Analysis: Math 3312 / Second Semester 2010
Instructor: Mahmoud S. El Sersawy
Office: B335
Telephone: 286-0700 ext: 2618.
E-mail: msersawy@iugaza.edu.ps
Web page: http://www.iugaza.edu.ps/emp/msersawy
Prerequisite: Calculus A, B and C, and Principles of Mathematics.
Textbook: Complex Analysis and Applications, Second Edition, by William R. Derrick, published by Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
Evaluation and Grading Policy: The grade for this course will be based on the following:
Midterm Exams: 2 x 25% = 50% (the dates of each exam will be determined later.)
Final Comprehensive Exam: 50%
Office Hours:
Sunday and Tuesday: 12:30 - 1:30
Saturday and Wednesday: 11:00 - 1:00
Homework: It has been said that the best way to learn mathematics is to practice it. You
simply cant be a good mathematician by just sitting in the classroom and reading throughout the textbook or your notebook. You have to be a participant; that is, beside reading
throughout the textbook and class notes, you need to pick up a pencil and a few sheets of
paper and work out a lot of the exercises that are listed at the end of each section. The
more you solve problems, the more you understand the material. Therefore, I will ask you to
work out a number of problems listed at the end of each section, and you might be asked to
turn in a number of problems for each section to be graded by some instructor that will be
hired by the Math Department. I will be glad to answer your questions about the homework
problems during the class meetings or during the office hours.
References: It is a very good idea that you try to look at other references (or textbooks)
in Complex Analysis. This will widen your knowledge, enhance your understanding, and
help you in solving the homework problems. The Islamic University Library may have some
references in Complex Analysis and you may borrow some. Among the good references are:
Ahlfors, L. V., Complex Analysis, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1966.
Conway, J. B., Functions of One Complex Variable, 2nd edition, Springer Verlag, 1978.
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 Churchill, R. V., Brown, J. W., and Verhey, R. F., Complex Variables and Applications,
3rd edition, McGraw Hill, 1974.
Fisher, S. D., Complex Variables, 2nd edition, Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole, 1990.
Course Syllabus: We shall cover in this course as many of the following topics as time allows.
1. Analytic Functions: 4 weeks, including the following topics:
Complex Numbers and Their Polar Representation.
Subsets of the Complex Plane and Functions of a Complex Variable.
Limits and Continuity of Functions of a Complex Variable.
Analytic and Harmonic Functions; The Cauchy-Riemann Equations.
The Complex Exponential, Logarithm, and Trigonometric Functions.
2. Complex Integration: 3.5 weeks, including the following topics:
Line Integrals and Greens Theorem and Its Consequences.
The Cauchy Integral Formula and Its Consequences.
Liouvilles Theorem and The Maximum Principle.
* The Cauchy-Goursat Theorem.
3. Infinite Series: 4 weeks, including the following topics:
Taylor Series.
Uniform Convergence of a Series.
Laurant Series.
Isolated Singularities.
4. Contour Integration: 3.5 weeks, including the following topics:
The Residue Theorem.
Evaluation of Definite Real Integrals and Improper Real Integrals.
Integrals with Poles on the Real Axis.
5. If time allows:
Harmonic Functions and Boundary-ValueProblems.

6. Homework Problems. You should solve as many as you can from the following
homework problems:
Section 1.1: 5,11, 15, 17, 21-23, 25-29, 33, 34.
Section 1.2: 5,8,11,15,16,19,23,25,28,32 (use induction and triangle inequality),
33, 38,39.
Section 1.3: 1,3,4, 7, 10, 11 (for 1,3,7,10), 12,13,15, 19,20.
Section 1.4: 2, 4,5, 9,11,12,14-17, 19, 20,24, 26.
Section 1.5: 1,2, 4-8,11,12, 14-17,19-21. (odds).
Section 1.6: 3, 4,6,7,9,11-16.
Section 1.7: 1,3,4, 7-10, 12,15,17,19,21-23, 25,27,28.
Section 1.8: 1,3,7,9,11,13,15,18,19,21,23,25,26,28,29,32.
Section 1.9: 1,2,4,5,7-9,13-18,20,21,23,24,28,30,31.
Section 2.1: 1-5, 9-15,17-19,21,22.
Section 2.2: 1,4,5,9,10,13,14.
Section 2.3: 5,6,8,11,13,15,17,18,23.1-13.
Section 2.4: 1,5,7,9.
Section 3.1: 1-4,6,8,10,12, 13, 16,19.
Section 3.2: 1-5, 9, 11,13,15,21,25-27,29.
Section 3.3: 1,3,9,11,13,15,19.
Section 3.4: 1-5, 7.
Section 4.1: 1,3,5,6,13,15,21.
Section 4.2: 1,5.
Section 4.3: 1,3,7.
Section 6.1: 2,5,7,8,9.