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Syllabus ( ELEC 515 )


   Basic information
Course title: Function Theory Of Complex Variables For Engineers I
Course code: ELEC 515
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ali ALKUMRU
ECTS credits: 7.5
GTU credits: 3 (3+0+0)
Year, Semester: 1/2, Fall and Spring
Level of course: Second Cycle (Master's)
Type of course: Area Elective
Language of instruction: Turkish
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Pre- and co-requisites: None
Professional practice: No
Purpose of the course: To help students to understand fundamental properties of functions with complex variables and know integration techniques on complex plane.
   Learning outcomes Up

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Identify complex numbers and complex plane.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
    2. Outline, examine and work details of projects
    3. Review the literature critically pertaining to his/her research projects, and connect the earlier literature to his/her own results
    4. Manipulate knowledge and cooperate with multi-disciplines
    5. Acquire scientific knowledge
    6. Design and conduct research projects independently
    7. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
    8. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
  2. Identify multivalued functions and analytical functions.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
    2. Outline, examine and work details of projects
    3. Review the literature critically pertaining to his/her research projects, and connect the earlier literature to his/her own results
    4. Manipulate knowledge and cooperate with multi-disciplines
    5. Acquire scientific knowledge
    6. Design and conduct research projects independently
    7. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
    8. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
    9. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
  3. Apply integration techniques on complex plane to engineering problems.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Electronics Engineering
    2. Formulate and solve advanced engineering problems
    3. Outline, examine and work details of projects
    4. Review the literature critically pertaining to his/her research projects, and connect the earlier literature to his/her own results
    5. Manipulate knowledge and cooperate with multi-disciplines
    6. Acquire scientific knowledge
    7. Design and conduct research projects independently
    8. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
    9. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
    10. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge

    Method of assessment

    1. Homework assignment
   Contents Up
Week 1: Complex numbers, complex plane, metric and limit on complex plane.
Week 2: Domains on complex plane, concept of Riemann sheet, power function and its inverse.
Week 3: Exponential function and logarithm.
Week 4: Trigonometrical functions and their inverses, order of branch points.
Week 5: Continuity on complex plane, derivative of a function, analytic functions and Cauchy-Riemann equations.
Week 6: Harmonic property of real and imaginary parts, geometrical meaning of derivative on complex plane (Conformal mapping).
Week 7: Integral of a complex variable function on a contour, conditions for the integral to be independent of the path, Cauchy theorem.
Week 8: Fundemental formula of integral calculus, integral of a uniformly convergent series, limits of some integrals - Jordan theorem.
Week 9: Midterm examination.
Week 10: Cauchy formula for bounded and unbounded domains, derivatives of an analytical function.
Week 11: Removable singularities, Liouville theorem, bounded harmonical functions.
Week 12: Maximum modulus principle, mean value theorem.
Week 13: Uniformly convergent series and Weierstrass theorem. Discrete singular points and classification of functions.
Week 14: Taylor and Laurent series.
Week 15*: General review.
Week 16*: Final examination.
Textbooks and materials: Kompleks Değişkenli Fonksiyonlar Teorisi
Mithat İdemen, İTÜ Vakfı Yayınları, 2. Baskı.
Kompleks Değişkenli Fonksiyonlar Teorisi Çözümlü Problemleri
Gökhan Uzgören ve Gökhan Çınar İTÜ Vakfı Yayınları
Recommended readings: Complex variables and applications, James Ward Brown, Ruel V. Churchill, Mc. Graw-Hill Company,6th Edition
Complex Analysis, Lars V. Ahlfors, Mc. Graw-Hill Company, 3rd Edition
  * Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
Assessment Up
Method of assessment Week number Weight (%)
Mid-terms: 9 30
Other in-term studies: 0 0
Project: 0 0
Homework: 5,10,15 10
Quiz: 0 0
Final exam: 16 60
  Total weight:
(%)
   Workload Up
Activity Duration (Hours per week) Total number of weeks Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching): 3 14
Own studies outside class: 4 14
Practice, Recitation: 4 8
Homework: 4 3
Term project: 0 0
Term project presentation: 0 0
Quiz: 0 0
Own study for mid-term exam: 8 2
Mid-term: 2 1
Personal studies for final exam: 10 2
Final exam: 2 1
    Total workload:
    Total ECTS credits:
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  * ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25.
(1 ECTS = 25 work hours)
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