Applied complex variables
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Summary
This course is based on Complex Variables by J. W. Dettman (reprinted by Dover, 1984), and will appeal to scientists and engineers as well as to mathematicians. Complex variable theory pervades a wide variety of important subjects and this course teaches topics that are both useful in the theoretical sciences and of interest in their own right.
Course content
M828 deals with subjects that seem to be a natural outgrowth of the study of analytical functions of one complex variable, for example potential theory, the theory of ordinary linear differential equations, Fourier and Laplace transforms and asymptotic expansions.
Entry
You must be registered for the MSc in Mathematics or for another qualification towards which the course can count. You should have at least second-class honours in a mathematics degree, or in another degree with a high mathematical content, such as engineering or theoretical physics. In exceptional circumstances applicants without that qualification will be considered, although non-graduates will not normally be admitted to the MSc programme. You should have taken good first courses in real analysis and complex analysis. An adequate preparation would be our undergraduate-level courses Pure mathematics (M208) (or the discontinued course M203) and Complex analysis (M337) (or the discontinued courses M231 and M332). If you have any doubt about the suitability of the course, please contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service.
Qualifications
M828 is an optional course in our
- Postgraduate Certificate in Mathematics (C90)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Mathematics (E23)
- MSc in Mathematics (F04)
Some postgraduate qualifications allow study to be chosen from other subject areas. We advise you to refer to the relevant qualification descriptions for information on the circumstances in which this course can count towards these qualifications because from time to time the structure and requirements may change.
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Course materials
What's included
Course notes, other printed materials.
You will need
We recommend that you have access to the internet at least once a week during the course and would like to point out that vital material, such as your assignments, may be delivered online.
Computing requirements
This course includes online computer activities – you can access these using a web browser that can play Flash and Shockwave.
You will need internet access and a computer. If you have purchased a new computer since 2002 it should meet your course computing requirements. Check our Technical Requirements section if your computer is older than this or is otherwise unusual.
Materials to buy
Set books
- Dettman, J W Applied Complex Variables, Dover Publications £11.99 - ISBN 9780486646701 (This book is only available from EddingtonHook, tel.+44 (0)1892 839816 or freephone 0800 0182799; bookmail@eddington-hook.co.uk or www.eddington-hook.co.uk.)
Teaching and assessment
Support from your tutor
You will have a tutor who will help you with the course material and mark and comment on your written work, and whom you can ask for advice and guidance. Contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service if you want to know more about study with The Open University before you register.
Assessment
The assessment details for this course can be found in the facts box above.
TMAs on MSc in Mathematics courses can be submitted electronically using a special maths eTMA processor which is used in place of the main eTMA system. We strongly recommend you submit the TMAs electronically, but there will be the facility to submit TMAs on paper.
Assessment is an essential part of the teaching, so you are expected to complete it all. But if you unavoidably miss or do badly in an assignment, some courses allow you a ‘substitution score’, calculated as a weighted average of all your scores for the course. In M828 this rule can apply to one assignment only. You will be given more detailed information when you begin the course.
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Future availability
The details given here are for the course that starts in February 2011. We expect it to be available once a year.
How to register
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept online registrations for this course in the usual way. Instead, you may apply electronically using the MSc Mathematics application system.
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