Math 120B Elements of Complex Analysis
Homepage for Lecture A, Spring 2024
Lecture Time:
2:00-2:50pm on MWF.
Lecture Location:
Our lecture will be in person at 2111 WLH, and will be recorded. After each lecture, the lecture video will be posted on Canvas.
Instructor:
Ming Xiao
Email:
m3xiao@ucsd.edu
Office Hours:
Effective from April 04th, 3:10-4:40pm on Mondays and Fridays in office (7426 AP&M) or by appointment.
Textbook:
Complex Variables and Applications, ninth edition, by Brown and Churchill; published by McGraw-Hill, 2014.
Subject Material:
We aim to cover Section 58 of Chapter 4, and Chapters 5-9. If time permits, we will also cover some part of chapter 10. Some students took Math 120A in Fall
2023, while others took it in Winter 2024. The two Math 120A courses covered different ranges of topics in the textbook. To ensure every
student can follow, we will start from Section 58 in Math 120B.
Gradescope:
Homework will need to be submitted via Gradescope (https://gradescope.com) and will be graded within it. A digital
version of your exams and homework will be made available after the grading has been completed. If you are not familiar with Gradescope,
you can find some guidelines for submission through Gradescope here.
Homework: Homework assignments will be posted on this course
website (click on the "Homework" icon above) almost
every Friday. Normally you have about a week to do the
homework. You will need to sumbit it via Gradescope by the due time. Your lowest homework grade will be dropped.
Online Score:
You will be able to check your scores for the graded homework and the tests on the Gradescope.
Regrade:
Regrade requests will be made using the built-in regrade request feature in Gradescope. There will be a limited window of time after
the exams are made available during which the regrade request feature will be active. This time window will be announced when the exam scores are
released. Only the regrade requests sent within the time window will be considered.
Exam:
Overview: There will be two midterm exams and one final exam. No makeup exams will be given in this course.
Academic Accommodations: Students requesting accommodations for this course due to a disability must provide a current Authorization
for Accommodation (AFA) letter issued by the Office for Students with Disabilities (https://osd.ucsd.edu/.) Students are required to
discuss accommodation arrangements with instructors and OSD liaisons in the department in advance of any exams or assignments.
Midterm I: It will be given in class on April 26th. The detailed exam instruction is TBA.
Midterm II: It will be given in class on May 24th. The detailed exam instruction is TBA.
Final exam: It will be given on June 14th. The detailed exam instruction is TBA.
Grading Policy:
The grades will be determined as the best of:
20% Homework, 20% Midterm Exam I, 20% Midterm Exam II, 40% Final Exam;
25% Homework, 25% Best Midterm Exam, 50% Final Exam.
Academic Integrity:
Academic dishonesty is considered a serious offense at UCSD. Students caught cheating will face an administrative sanction which may include suspension or expulsion
from the university. It is in your best interest to take pride in your work maintain your academic integrity.
Teaching Assistant and office hours:
Sharv Laad (slaad@ucsd.edu).
Discussion Session: 2:00pm-2:50pm, Tuesday, 5402 AP&M, for Section A01, ; 3:00pm-3:50pm, Tuesday, 5402 AP&M, for Section A02.
Sharv's Office Hours: Mondays 11:00am-12:00pm; Wednesdays, 12:00pm-2:00pm, HSS 5012.
Piazza:
You will get automatically enrolled to Piazza (can be found as a built-in feature on Canvas). On Piazza, you can ask questions to us
or to your classmates. If you ask us questions on Piazza (You can write, for example,
"Dear instructors/Hi instructors" at the begining of question to indicate you are asking us questions), we will try to answer
it within 24 hours (expect on weekend). You are strongly encouraged to make use of Piazza.