MA3614

Complex variable methods and applications (2023/4)

Lecture notes Chapter plan OHPs in Lectures Exercises sheets and solutions A summary of what was done Miscellaneous

The Brightspace pages

Since the academic year (2022/3) Brunel University has been using the virtual learning environment (VLE) called Brightspace.

Click here for Brightspace,

The Brunel login process is likely to be needed, if not already done, when using these links.

Brightspace will have a link to these web pages and most of the material for the module can be directly accessed from here. Assuming that some kind of video recordings are going to be made available then about the only thing which will only be available via Brightspace are the .mpg files from the non-interactive post-recordings of at least some of the sessions. The .mp4 files will be put on panopto which can be accessed via Brightspace. The post-recordings are intended to approximately correspond to what was actually done in the live on-campus sessions. A brief text summary (just a few lines) of what has been covered in the previous sessions will be put in the ``summary of what was done part'' which is later in this file.

Links to some University pages about the exams and the rules

Click here for information about university run exams.

Your one A4 sheet

The value of any A4 sheet that you create and bring to the exam location will possibly come from your effort to create it and you may then find you do not need to look at it to answer specific questions. If formulae are a help then the following has some that have appeared in the module so far.

Click here for some formulae used in the module in chapters 1--4

It is up to you what you think may help to do questions. Practice of many exercises is the best that I can recommend.

Welcome to the module slides

If you are browsing and wish to see welcome to the module type slides then Click here. These slides are also identified as week 00 in the table below.

Main lecture notes

A PDF of main lecture notes so far (chapters 1-8, i.e. all chapters) is available if you click here.

An article about complex variables from SIAM News in 2012. click here.

Exercises sheets (and solutions when ready)

  • Exercises on the introductory material (mainly chapter 1 related) (without answers) click here, (with all answers) click here,
  • Exercises involving analytic functions and harmonic functions etc (chapter 3 material) (without answers) click here, (with all answers) click here,
  • Exercises involving elementary functions (without answers) click here, (with all answers) click here,
  • Extra exercises before the class test for the week 12 sessions (without answers) click here, (with all answers) click here,
  • Exercises involving contour integrals (without answers) click here, (with all answers) click here,
  • Exercises involving the Cauchy integral formula (without answers) click here, (with all answers) click here,
  • Exercises involving series. (without answers) click here, (with all answers) click here,
  • Exercises involving residue theory. (without answers) click here, (with all answers) click here,
  • Exercises with revision questions for weeks 31 and 32 sessions. (without answers) click here, (with all answers) click here,

    Plan of the chapters

    Any slides used in the lectures

    Week: (PDFs of any slides used in a new window) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 09 10 11 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 31

    2x2 version of slides suitable for the printer

    Week: (PDFs of any slides used in a new window) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 09 10 11 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 31

    Summary of what was done each week -- brief detail

    Week: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 31

    Miscellaneous links

    eVision, Brightspace, Brunel Lib Catalogue, Brunel_email (web version),

    htt2324.html. For the Scientia timetabling pages use the following link
    Click here for the central timetabling pages
    Department of Mathematics, CEDPS, Brunel home page.

    Brunel Matlab portal, Online Matlab version.

    Google, BBC Weather, Uxbridge Weather.
    BR, LT, Traveline, SE,
    Uxbridge traffic, M25, M25, M40.