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Reviews basic ideas of complex analysis, including solutions of ODEs and PDEs of physical interest via complex analysis; conformal mapping, including Schwarz-Christoffel transformations and ...

Course Text: An Introduction to Complex Variables and Analytic Functions, by Bengt Fornberg and Cécile Piret, manuscript under development. Current version can be found of the D2L page for the class.

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...