Complex Variables

Instructor:

Oleksandr Voskoboynikov
Prof. Alex

Phone:
Office:
E-mail:
Web:

5712121 ext. 54174

646 ED bld.4
vam@ faculty.nctu.edu.tw
http:// web2.cc.nctu.edu.tw/~vam/

Office hours:

by appointment

Complex Variables
Web:

http://web2.cc.nctu.edu.tw/~vam/

Complex Variables

Credits:

3 (Hours for Weekly Study: 3)

Time & Rooms: Tuesday

Thursday

EDB06 CD
ED101 G

10:10 ~ 12:00 AM
15:30 ~ 16:20 AM

Pre-requisite Courses: Calculus, Linear Algebra, and

English

Grade:
Home Works:
Midterm:
Final:

20%
40%
40%

Complex Variables

Text Book:
A.David Wunsch,
Complex Variables with Applications, 3rd Edition,
Pearson Education, Inc., 2005.

Reference Books:
1. D. G. Zill and P. D. Shanahan,
A first Course in Complex Analysis with Applications,
2nd Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2009
2. J. W, Brown and R. V. Churchill, Complex Variables and
Applications, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2004.
3. Lecture Notes: http://web2.cc.nctu.edu.tw/~vam/
4

Complex Variables
This course will enhance students understanding of and interest on
the functions of complex variables. The course is designed to provide
students with a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and ideas that
form the basis of applications of complex functions a powerful tool of
researchers and developers.
The field of applications of the complex functions is very wide and it includes:
control theory, improper integrals, fluid dynamics, electromagnetism,
electrical engineering, quantum physics, fractals, etc.
The course is addressed to a typical student majoring in engineering and
science who is prepared in calculus and linear algebra.
Some working knowledge of differential equations would be helpful.
In the course we pay attention to the theory of the complex variables,
but only within bars we feel are necessary in the first course.
So, the course is a continuation of the calculus of functions but of
a complex variable. Nevertheless, proofs of major results are presented
and standard terminology is used.
The course will help students to understand the complex functions those
can be used to answer pertinent questions.
5

Complex Variables

Why and when do we need functions in complex variables?

- Not every algebraic (e.g. quadratic) equation
has a solution in real numbers
after Gerolamo Cardano (1501-1576)

- The term imaginary was used fist by

after Ren Descartes (1596 1650)

- The i notation and Euler's identity

after Leonhard Euler (1707 1783)

- rigorous theory
after Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 1855)
William Rowan Hamilton (18051865), and..
6

Complex Variables

We use functions in complex variables to formulate:

Analytic functions those have extremely elegant and useful properties

derivatives of all orders
many useful transformations (Fourier, Laplace, ...)
their series expansions are commonly used to calculate solutions
to multi-dimensional differential equations
Analytic functions are widely used in
- Heat conduction
- Fluid flows
- Electrostatics
- Electromagnetics
- Quantum mechanics
- e.t.c.

Complex Variables
u ( x) x 2

Function in Real World

2 real numbers{x,u}

2D presentation

2D plane {x,u}

Function in Complex World

z x iy
w u iv

4 real numbers{x,y,u,v}
4D presentation

w( z) x iy x 2 y 2 i 2 xy u( x, y) iv( x, y)
2

4D space {x,y,u,v}

u,v

i 2 1

y
8

Complex Variables

Complex Variables
1 (Chapter 1) Complex Numbers
1.1 Introduction
1.2 More Properties of Complex Numbers
1.3 Complex Numbers and the Argand Plane
1.4 Integer and Fractional Powers of Complex Numbers
1.5 Points, Sets, Loci, and Regions in the Complex Plane

2 (Chapter 2) The Complex Function and Its Derivative

2.1 Introduction
2.2 Limits and Continuity
2.3 The Complex Derivative
2.4 The Derivative and Analyticity
2.5 Harmonic Functions
2.6 Some Physical applications of Harmonic Functions

10

Complex Variables
3 (Chapter 3) The Basic Transcendental Functions
3.1 The Exponential Function
3.2 Trigonometric Functions
3.3 Hyperbolic Function
3.4 The Logarithmic Function
3.5 Analycity of the Logarithmic Function
3.6 Complex Exponentials
3.7 Inverse Trigonometric and Hyperbolic Functions
3.8 Branch Cuts and Branch Points
4 (Chapter 4) Integration in the Complex Plane
4.1 Introduction to Line Integration
4.2 Complex Line Integration
4.3 Contour Integration and Greens Theorem
4.4 Path Independence, Indefinite Integrals, Fundamental Theorem
of Calculus in the Complex Plane
4.5 The Cauchy Integral Formula and Its Extension
4.6 Some applications of the Cauchy Integral Formula
4.7 Introduction to Dirichlet Problems
The Poisson Integral Formula for the Circle and Half Plane

11

Complex Variables
5 (Chapter 5) Infinite Series Involving a Complex Variable
5.1 Introduction and Review of Real Series
5.2 Complex Sequences and Convergence of Complex Series
5.3 Uniform Convergence of Series
5.4 Power Series and Taylor Series
5.5 Techniques for Obtaining Taylor Series Expansions
5.6 Laurent Series
5.7 Properties of Analytic Functions Related to Taylor Series:
Isolation of Zeros, Analytic Continuation, Zeta Function, Reflection
5.8 The z Transformation
6 (Chapter 6) Residues and Their Use in Integration
6.1 Introduction and Definition of the Residue
6.2 Isolated Singularities
6.3 Finding the Residue
6.4-5-6 Evaluation of Real Integrals with Residue Calculus
6.7 Integrals Involving Indented Contours
6.8 Contour Integrations Involving Branch Points and Branch Cuts
6.9 Residue Calculus Applied to Fourier Transforms
6.10 The Hilbert Transform
Uniform Convergence of Integrals and the Gamma Function

12