Math 463 Fall 2014 (Mike Boyle)


Profesor: Mike Boyle
Office:Math Building 4413
Email mmb@math.umd.edu
Office hours M5-6, W11:30-12:30
Class meetings: TuTh 12:30 - 1:45 pm (HBK 1112)

READ THIS: The honor pledge, and academic integrity

I recommend the MATH 141 Handouts on Complex Variables (by Professor Hamilton and by me).
My lecture on the history of numbers (given in 2012 to high school math teachers) includes some history and context for the complex numbers.

Course information and syllabus
Exam 2 Study Guide

Reading and upcoming quizzes

Homework assignments
Below, the date is the date on which the assignment is due -- in class.
HW1     Tues. Sept. 9
HW2     Tues. Sept. 16
HW3     Tues. Sept. 23
HW4     Tues. Sept. 30
HW5     Tues. Oct. 7
HW6     Tues. Oct. 14
HW7     Tues. Oct. 21:     Sec. 49:2b,c     Sec. 53: 1b,1f,2a,4,6     Sec 57:1a,2
HW8     Tues. Oct. 28:     Sec.57: 3,7, 10     Sec.59: 1,2,6,8     Sec.61: 3,4
HW9     Tues. Nov.4:     Sec.65: 6 (hint: page 110), 11     Sec.68: 4,5     Sec.72: 11     Sec.73: 2a(you only need to check the three terms shown), 8
HW10   Tues. Nov.10:     Sec.77: 1-4     Sec.79: 1,2     Sec.81: 7b     Sec.83: 6
No homework due Tues. Nov 17
HW11   Tues. Nov. 24:     Sec. 86: 7,9     Sec. 88: 2,4,11,12     Sec. 91: 1,2
HW12   Tues. Dec. 2:     Sec 92: 1,2,6     Sec 94: 1,6,7
HW13   Tues. Dec. 9:    
Sec. 98: 2 (you can appeal to knowing (a),(b),(c),(d) on p.304
Sec. 100: 2
Question X: Find a linear fractional transformation w=T(z) such that T(1)=1, T(i)=i and T(-1)=-i. Show this T maps the circle of radius 1 centered at the origin onto itself, and maps the interior of this circle to itself.
Sec. 114: 1,4,5

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