{"id":3144,"date":"2024-01-06T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/?page_id=3144"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:11:11","slug":"syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/complex-spring-2024\/syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"SYLLABUS"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SYLLABUS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<table width=\"1000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: red\"><strong>This syllabus is subject to change.<\/strong><br><br>\nCreated Thursday, January 4, 2024.<br><br>\nLast update made at at Sun Jan 7 19:54:56 EST 2024.<br><br>\nPrevious update made at Sun Jan 7 15:26:41 EST 2024.<br>\n<br><br>\n<\/span><br>\n<br><br>\n<strong>TENTATIVE  VERSION<\/strong>\n<table border=\"\" cellpadding=\"10%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Section<\/th>\n<th>Period<\/th>\n<th>Meeting Time<\/th>\n<th>Room<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">0985<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">MWF 3rd<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">9:35 &#8211; 10:25am<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">LIT 121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Dr. Frank Garvan<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>408 Little Hall<br>\n(352) 294-2305<br>\nfgarvan@ufl.edu<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Office Hours (in person and zoom)<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd> Monday 4th Period (10:40-11:30am),<br>\nWednesday 8th Period (3:00-3:50pm), and Friday 6th Period (12:50-1:40pm).<br>\nTo arrange a ZOOM MEETING send email to Dr.G. in advance. <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Prerequisites<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>MAC 2313 or MAC 3474, and MAP 2302, both with minimum grades of C.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Textbook<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>R.V. Churchill and J.W. Brown, <i>Complex Variables and Applications<\/i>, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill.<br><br>\n<strong>Students are expected to read the relevant sections of the text in preparation for class and to supplement the material covered in lectures.<\/strong> Reading examples in the textbook is important preparation for doing homework.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Course Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>Complex numbers, analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann equations, harmonic functions, elementary functions, integration, Cauchy-Goursat theorem, Cauchy integral formula, infinite series, residues and poles, conformal mapping. Credit will be given for, at most, MAA 4402 or MAA 5404.<!--PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR--><p>\nMAA 5404 Additional Topic: Elliptic Functions (Reading and homework assignment) <\/p><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Course Objectives and Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n        <ul><br>\n        <li> For the student to master the definitions and theory of functions of a complex variable.<br>\n        <\/li><li> For the student to write clear, complete and logical solutions of problems involving functions of a complex variable.<br>\n        <\/li><\/ul>\n        <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Tentative Weekly Course Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<ul><br>\n<li>WEEKS 1-2: Complex Numbers<br>\n<\/li><li>WEEKS 3-5: Analytic Functions<br>\n<\/li><li>WEEKS 6-7: Elementary Functions<br>\n<\/li><li>WEEKS 8-10: Integrals<br>\n<\/li><li>WEEK 11: Series<br>\n<\/li><li>WEEKS 12-13: Residues and Poles<br>\n<\/li><li>WEEKS 14-15: Applications of Residues\n<\/li><\/ul><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Homework<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\nHomework will be assigned weekly, and should be uploaded in CANVAS. Doing all the homework is essential for success in this class as the exams test your conceptual understanding of the homework assignments. Some  homework problems involve elementary proofs.  The solution to all homework problems should be clear, logical and complete.  Students are encouraged to check their work with their instructor. See <strong>Tokens<\/strong> below.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>Assessment will be based on the following\n<table border=\"\" cellpadding=\"3%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Exam 1<\/td>\n<td>32%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Exam 2<\/td>\n<td>34%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Exam 3<\/td>\n<td>34%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Makeup Exams<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>Makeup exams (documentation required)<br>\n        will be given during the time reserved in Exam Week:<br>\n        Tuesday, April 30: 10:00 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM\n        <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>In Class Exams<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<ul><br>\n<li>Exam 1: Friday, February 2<br>\n<\/li><li>Exam 2: Friday, March 8<br>\n<\/li><li>Exam 3: Monday, April 22\n<\/li><\/ul><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Grading<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>Grading scale: A 90%; A- 87%; B+ 83%; B 80%; B- 77%; C+ 73%; C 67%;  D 60% <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong><br>\nGreen and Pink Quizzes:<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\nEach regular class begins with a Green Quiz,<br>\nthis is a short, no-stakes quiz which is usually based on material<br>\nfrom the prior class. The Green Quiz is not graded but a solution<br>\nwill be provided. Each regular class ends with a Pink Quiz. The<br>\nPink Quiz provides an opportunity to ask questions about class<br>\nmaterial. Dr. Garvan gathers the Pink Quiz questions from the entire<br>\nclass and creates an answer sheet which is then posted to CANVAS.\n        <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong><br>\nTokens:<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\nThere are 3 ways to earn a Dr. G token: 1) attendance<br>\n(white token), 2) coming to office hour (red token), and 3)<br>\nsubmitting homework (blue token) to CANVAS by 11:59 pm on each<br>\nThursday when it is due.  Attendance and Homework tokens can be<br>\npicked up during class. Office hour tokens are given when a student<br>\nattends an office hour. Tokens can be redeemed after each exam for<br>\nthe opportunity to redo ONE of the four exam questions. For Exam 1 a student<br>\nneeds 6 white attendance tokens, 1 red office hour token, and<br>\n2 blue homework tokens in order to redo an exam question. Tokens<br>\ncannot be &#8220;rolled over&#8221;, e.g., tokens to redo a question from<br>\nExam 2 must be earned in the period after Exam 1 and prior to Exam<br>\n2. Tokens may NOT be shared with other students.\n        <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong><br>\nFriday In-Class Homework Session:<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\nA portion of Friday&#8217;s class<br>\nwill be devoted to working in small groups to collectively check<br>\nthe week&#8217;s homework assignment. Homework will not be graded, but<br>\nthrough the review process at the Friday In-Class Homework Session,<br>\nit will be checked for correctness.\n        <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Attendance<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>Attendance is strongly recommended.  <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>UF Grading Policies<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>See <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ufl.edu\/UGRD\/academic-regulations\/grades-grading-policies\/\">THIS LINK<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Accommodations for students with disabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\nStudents with disabilities who experience learning barriers and would like to request academic accommodations should connect with the disability Resource Center.  <a href=\"https:\/\/disability.ufl.edu\/students\/get-started\/\">Getting Started with the Disability Resource Center<\/a><br>\n It is important for students to share their accommodation letter with their instructor and discuss their access needs, as early as possible in the semester.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Online course evaluation process<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\nStudents are expected to provide professional and respectful feedback on the quality of instruction in this course by completing course evaluations online via GatorEvals. Guidance on how to give feedback in a professional and respectful manner is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorevals.aa.ufl.edu\/students\/\">https:\/\/gatorevals.aa.ufl.edu\/students.\/<\/a> Students will be notified when the evaluation period opens, and can complete evaluations through the email they receive from GatorEvals, in their Canvas course menu under GatorEvals, or via <a href=\"https:\/\/ufl.bluera.com\/ufl\/\">https:\/\/ufl.bluera.com\/ufl\/.<\/a> Summaries of course evaluation results are available to students at  <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorevals.aa.ufl.edu\/public-results\">https:\/\/gatorevals.aa.ufl.edu\/public-results.<\/a>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<hr>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"parent":3142,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3144"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3354,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3144\/revisions\/3354"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fgarvan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}