MTH3020 - Complex analysis and integral transforms - 2018

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Science

Organisational Unit

School of Mathematical Sciences

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Paul Cally

Coordinator(s)

Dr Zihua Guo
Professor Paul Cally

Unit guides

Offered

Clayton

  • Second semester 2018 (On-campus)

Prerequisites

MTH2010, MTH2015 or ENG2005

Prohibitions

ENG2092

Synopsis

Complex numbers and functions; domains and curves in the complex plane; differentiation; integration; Cauchy's integral theorem and its consequences; Taylor and Laurent series; Laplace and Fourier transforms; complex inversion formula; branch points and branch cuts; applications to initial value problems.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Understand the basic properties of complex numbers and functions, including differentiability;
  2. Evaluate line integrals in the complex plane;
  3. Understand Cauchy's integral theorem and its consequences;
  4. Determine and work with Laurent and Taylor series;
  5. Understand the method of Laplace transforms and evaluate the inverse transform;
  6. Appreciate the importance of complex analysis for other mathematical units, as well as for physics and engineering, through seeing applications of the theory;
  7. Use a computer algebra package to assist in the application of complex analysis.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60% (Hurdle)

Continuous assessment: 40%

Hurdle requirement: To pass this unit a student must achieve at least 50% overall and at least 40% for the end-of-semester exam.

Workload requirements

Three 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour support class per week

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