Math 511 Information Sheet

Summer Session I, 2003


Revised June 14, 2003.

The homepage for this course is at www.math.iastate.edu/lieb/m511.html.
The midterm term is now on the web in PDF format.

The instructiors are:
Gary Lieberman (May 19 - June 13)
  Office 422 Carver
  Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 2-4, Tuesday 3-4, and by appointment
   E-mail: lieb@iastate.edu
   phone: 294-8136
   I will also be available during the week of June 30-July 3.

Elgin Johnston (June 16- July 11)
  Office 400C Carver or 472 Carver
  Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2-4, and by appointment
   E-mail: ehjonst@iastate.edu
   phone: 294-0302 or 294-8160

  • Be sure to purchase the textbook, Functions of One Complex Variable (second edition) by Conway and read the first chapter as soon as possible.
  • The course will be graded based on homework, a (take-home) midterm exam, and the (in-class) final exam. Homework is worth 50%, and the two exams are each worth 25%. Approximate cut-offs are 90% = A, 80% = B, 70% = C, 55% = D. Adjustments to this scale (such as plus/minus grades) will be made at the instructors' discretion.
  • There is a syllabus further down on this page. 
  • Late homework assignments will not be accepted for any reason.


    • Syllabus for Math 511

    Warning: these dates may change slightly.

    Chapter 1. The complex Number System
    		 May 19-22
    Chapter 2. Metric Spaces and the Topology of C
    		 May 23- June 3
    Chapter 3. Elementary Properties and Examples of Analytic Functions
    		 June 4-10
    Chapter 4. Complex Integration
    		 June 11-26
    Chapter 5. Singularities
    		 June 27- July 8
    Chapter 6. The Maximum Modulus Theorem
    		 July 9-10

    Homework assignments

    Due May 23: Section 1.2 (page 2)/ #4   Section 1.4 (page 6)/ #2c,5    Section 1.5 (page 7)/ #1

    Additional assignments will be made on the web.