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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Physics and Astronomy : Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy)

Undergraduate Course: Complex Analysis (PHYS10091)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Physics and Astronomy CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaUndergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionDraft description: This is a new course which will replace half of the Maths course Completed Variable and Differential Equations (MATH10033)
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 52 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Complex Analysis2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Details to follow
Assessment Information
Coursework 20%, examination 80%.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus - Limits, Continuity and Complex Differentiation
- Analytic functions
- Multivalued functions and Riemann surfaces
- Complex integration
- Cauchy's theorem
- Cauchy's integral formula
- Taylor and Laurent series
- Singularities
- Residue theorem and application to evaluation of integrals
- Principal value integrals and branch cuts
- (Possibly) Argument principle, Rouche's theorem
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsCA
Contacts
Course organiserProf Richard Ball
Tel: (0131 6)50 5248
Email: R.D.Ball@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Jillian Bainbridge
Tel: (0131 6)50 7218
Email: J.Bainbridge@ed.ac.uk
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