MATH 703 Syllabus

MATH 703 Syllabus

Here is a preliminary version of the course syllabus, subject to minor change:
  • Definition of a holomorphic function, the Cauchy-Riemann equations
  • Complex integration, local Cauchy's theorem, Liouville's theorem, Morera's theorem
  • Power series representation of holomorphic functions
  • Local normal forms, the open mapping theorem
  • The maximum modulus principle
  • Covering properties of exp, lifting criteria
  • Winding numbers, cycles and homology
  • Homology version of Cauchy's theorem
  • Zeros, poles, and essential singularities
  • The Riemann sphere, meromorphic functions, Laurent series
  • Residue theorem, the argument principle, Rouche's theorem
  • Compact convergence, the Arzela-Ascoli theorem
  • Theorems of Weierstrass and Hurwitz
  • Normal families, Montel's theorem
  • Elementary properties of the Mobius group
  • Classical version of the Schwarz lemma
  • Automorphism groups of the disk, plane, and sphere
  • Geometry in the hyperbolic plane, Pick's theorem
  • Elementary properties of conformal mappings
  • The Riemann mapping theorem
  • Schlicht functions, Area theorem, Koebe's 1/4-theorem
  • Harmonic functions, relations to holomorphic functions
  • The mean-value property and maximum principle for harmonic functions
  • The Poisson integral formula and its applications
  • Harnack's inequalities
  • Schwarz reflection principle
  • Regular and singular points, natural boundary, Ostrowski's overconvergence and Hadamard's gap theorems
  • Analytic continuation along curves, homotopy invariance, the monodromy theorem


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