Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination Topics
Complex Analysis
2007
Basic Properties of Analytic Functions
Elementary functions, branches and branch cuts
Elementary Topology, connected sets
Analytic functions and Harmonic functions
Cauchy's Theorem
Contour integrals, Path Independence
Cauchy's integral formula (for the function and derivatives)
Liouville's Theorem, Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Local and Global Maximum Moduli Theorems
Analytic Series
Uniform Convergence: Integration and differentiation of series
Analytic continuation, Monodromy Theorem
poles, essential singularities
Zeros of analytic functions
Casorati-Weierstrass Theorem
Calculus of Residues and Integrals
Definite integrals via residues
Conformal Mappings
Mapping properties of elementary functions
Fractional linear transformations: inverse points, geometrical
properties
References:
Basic Complex Analysis, J. Marsden and M. Hoffman,
W. H. Freeman and Co.
Complex Analysis, S. Lange.
Complex Analysis, T.W. Gamelin, Springer
Complex Analysis, L.V. Ahlfors
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