Spring 2025 STAT 31470

Course: STAT 31470=CAAM 31470

Title: Applied Complex Analysis

Instructor: Timothy Roberts

Class Schedule: Sec 1: MW 11:00 AM–12:20 AM in TBA

Description: Complex analysis is a beautiful and deep theory for the calculus of functions of complex variables. It also presents a very useful set of tools for finding exact expressions, asymptotic expansions, approximations and even numerical schemes that are useful throughout applied mathematics and engineering. In this class we will cover the basic complex analytic tools and theorems needed to explore these applications, with the goal of using what we learn to understand and solve problems involving Fourier or Laplace transforms. Depending on time, the topics in the class will include: analytic functions, series, complex integration, Cauchy's formula, the maximum-modulus theorem, residue theory, and the argument principle.