Brief Course Outline

BS-3301 Complex Variables and Transforms

Course Code: BS-3301
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Calculus and Analytical Geometry; Linear Algebra; Ordinary Differential Equations
Textbook:
Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 6th Edition by Dennis G. Zill
Reference Books:
Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 10th Edition by Erwin Kreyszig;
Complex Variables with Applications, 3rd Edition by A. Wunsch;
Applied Complex Analysis with Partial Differential Equations by Nakhle H. Asmar
Evaluation of Grade:
Attendance: 4%
Assignments: 5%
Quizzes 16% (3-4 quizzes in total)
Midterm: 25%
Final Exam: 50%
Contents: Definition of a complex number z; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of
complex numbers; modulus of complex number z; complex plane (or Argand diagram); triangle
inequality; polar form of z; argument and principal argument of z; integer powers of z; DeMoivre’s
formula; roots of a complex number; sets in the complex plane; neighborhood of z, open disk, interior
point of a set; open set; closed set; open connected set(domain); region; complex function; limit of a
complex function; analytic function; Cauchy-Riemann equations; exponential and logarithmic functions;
trigonometric and hyperbolic functions; complex differentiation and integration; definition of the
Laplace transform; inverse Laplace transform; transforms of derivatives and integrals; translations on the
t- and s- axes; unit step function; Dirac Delta function and properties; differentiation and integration of
transforms; convolution integral equation; partial fractions; solving differential equations using Laplace
transforms; orthogonal functions; Fourier series representation of periodic functions; even and odd
functions; Fourier transforms and applications
Instructor: Nizamuddin Hussain
Email: nhussain@kth.se
Office Hours: by appointment
For any queries outside the class, students may reach me by email