Information Package / Course Catalogue
Complex Variable
Course Code: EE208
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The goal is to teach the fundamental and important concepts and techniques of complex analysis. It includes: 1- Providing the basic algebraic properties of complex numbers and fundamental concepts related to complex number sets, such as open sets, accumulation points, and boundary points; 2- Introducing the concepts of limit, continuity, and derivative, which are essential for studying functions of two complex variables; 3- Presenting the complex versions of elementary functions encountered in Real Analysis and examining their properties; 4- Introducing the integration of real-variable complex functions and complex functions in general (contour integration), demonstrating the fundamental properties of these integrals, and presenting the complex versions of the fundamental theorem of Calculus.

Course Content

To understand complex variables and perform arithmetic operations. To classify and solve complex functions. To understand the basic solutions of complex equations. Introduction to the system of complex numbers; Limits, continuity, and derivatives of complex-valued functions; Cauchy-Riemann equations; Analytic functions; Harmonic functions.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Olcay ÜZENGİ AKTÜRK
Learning Outcomes
1.Understand and analyze the representation of complex numbers and the four basic operations applied to these numbers.
2.Understand and analyze the types of Complex Functions.
3.Understand and analyze the classification of Complex Functions.
4.Understanding the basic solution methods of Complex Integral
5.To understand the solution methods of special form "Complex Integrals".
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Baskan, T., Kompleks Fonksiyonlar Teorisi, Dora Yayıncılık, Bursa, 2000.
2.Churchill R. V. and Brown, J.W., Complex Variables and Applications, 4h ed., McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., New York, 1984.
3.Spiegel M., Lipschutz S., Schiller J., Spellman D., Complex Variables, McGraw Hill Professional, 2009.
4.Denis G. Zill, Patric D. Sahanahan, A first course in complex analysis with applications, Jones & Barlett Publications, 2003
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Algebraic and Geometric Properties of Complex Numbers
Week 2 - Theoretical
Real and Imaginary parts, Complex exponential function, Complex trigonometric and hyperbolic functions
Week 3 - Theoretical
Parametric curves in the complex plane, Limit, Derivative
Week 4 - Theoretical
Differentiability, Analyticity and Universal Functions
Week 5 - Theoretical
Conditions for Analyticity, Cauchy-Riemann equations, Conditions for non-analyticity
Week 6 - Theoretical
Sufficient conditions for analyticity and differentiability, Exponential and logarithmic functions, Harmonic functions
Week 7 - Theoretical
Line integrals in the complex plane, Complex integration
Week 8 - Theoretical
Cauchy and Morera Integral Theorems, Cauchy Integral Formula
Week 9 - Theoretical
Derivatives of analytic functions, Power Series, Radius of convergence, Taylor Series, Integrals of power series
Week 10 - Theoretical
Laurent Series, Singularities and Zeros
Week 11 - Theoretical
The Concept of Residue
Week 12 - Theoretical
Residue Integration method
Week 13 - Theoretical
Evaluation of real integrals using residue theorem
Week 14 - Theoretical
Residue integration and real integration
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination1639
Final Examination17310
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
3
3
1
OÇ-2
3
3
1
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3
3
1
OÇ-4
4
3
1
OÇ-5
3
4
1
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