Office:  KAP 424E.  It is inside a suite of offices, SW corner of the building.  Normally the suite door is open but if it's locked, knock fairly loudly.

Email:  alexandr@usc.edu         Phone:  (213) 740-3797.

Web Page:  http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~alexandr/

Office hours:  (Tentative)  Monday 10-12; Wednesday 1-2; or by appointment.  Best to call or email at least 1-2 hours ahead, for an appointment outside office hours.  (No appointment necessary for office hours, of course.)

Grader:  Wei Lin    Grader Office Hours:  Tuesday 11-12, Thursday 1-3 in the Math Center, KAP 263.

Text:  Complex Variables, 2nd Edition, by Stephen D. Fisher

Prerequisite:  Math 226.

Homework will be given approximately weekly.  On each assignment a few selected problems will be graded.  It is OK to help each other solve homework problems, but it's not OK to turn in essentially identical solutions--once you have discussed homework problems so that you understand better what to do, you should write the solutions on your own.  Homework will be accepted up to  2 lectures late, with a 20% penalty.  Not accepted more than 2 lectures late.

Exams:  Two midterms plus final.  Tentative midterm dates are Friday February 19 and Wednesday March 31. Final is Friday May 7, 8-10 am.  The final is cumulative but with greater emphasis on material after the second midterm.  There will be no makeup  midterm exams.  In exceptional cases, with a written excuse, if you miss a midterm exam I will base your grade on the exams you did take.

Grading:  The grade is based on 540 total points allocated as follows:

Homework 150 points (about 28%)
Midterms 100 points each (about 19% each)
Final 150 points (about 28%)
Class participation 40 points (about 7%)

There are no fixed quotas of A’s, B’s etc.  The number of points needed for a particular grade is not fixed in advance--if the exam turns out to be difficult and scores are low, then fewer points are needed for an A, for a B, etc.

Auditing:  If you want to just sit in on the class, you must register for an audit.

Material to be covered:  I won't be fully precise since a small class allows flexibility, but we will cover Chapters 1-3, and portions of Chapters 4 and 5 as time allows.

Additional help:  There are TA's in the Math Center Mon. - Fri., 8 am - 6 pm.  Many, but not all, are qualified to help with 475, so ask around to find one who is.  

Everything in this syllabus is in principle tentative; if necessary it will be adjusted during the semester.