Updated: Thu Feb  5 20:20:01 MST 2004
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      MATH. 313-001:  COMPLEX VARIABLES  Spring 2004  (14814)
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      TR 8:00->9:15     Mitchell Hall 206
      Instructor: Vageli Coutsias
      Office      Humanities 432
      ext.        2773310
      email       vageli@math.unm.edu
      webpage     http://math.unm.edu/~vageli/
      office hours  T 11:00->12:30, W 1:30->3:00 
      Text (required): J.W. Brown and R.V. Churchill
            Complex Variables and Applications
            6th Edition, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-912147-0 
      Supplement (recommended):
            Schaum's Outlines: Complex Variables
                               Murray R. Spiegel
            McGraw-Hill ISBN 0-07-060230-1    ( $14.95)
You can find both of these at amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0079121470/qid=1074660029/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-7824230-6499102?v=glance&s=books
for $92.18 new and there are also several used copies. Note that the bookstore
has now the 6th edition in stock, so pick it up while supplies last! 
(Be advised that the book is going to be "out-of-print", so you need to inquire
at the time of purchase re. return/refund policies!)


      References:
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            Paul J. Nahin, An Imaginary Tale: The Story of \/-1
                Princeton Univ. Press (1998). ISBN 0-691-02795-1
            David E. Smith, History of Mathematics, Vol.2, Dover(1958).
            Semyon Grigorevich Gindikin, Tales of Physicists and
                Mathematicians, Birkhauser, Boston, 1988 ISBN 0-8176-3317-0
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                            COURSE POLICIES
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     *Homework policy: Problems assigned each class time; due in class
         on Thursday of the following week. Homework is due at the begining
         of class!                                                         25%
     *Two Midterms, at times TBA                                         2x25%
     *Final: cummulative final (on xxx., xxx. xx, xx:xx->xx:xx),           25%
     *Make-up policy: No make-up for late assignments.
     *Attendance: is not mandatory, but will not be able to assist if you 
                miss class without a valid reason.
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       SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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     Students with disabilities or needing special arrangements must
     contact me ASAP so we can be sure your needs are adequately met
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