Looking for Complex Analysis Video Course

antoan

Hi folks,

I have been looking for some time for a video lecture course which deals specifically with complex analysis and think I have covered most of the sources listed in this sub-forum and some in the physics learning materials areas with no luck (including also MIT, YouTube, OpenCourseware, ITunes EDU). Except perhaps this: http://www.ictp.tv/diploma/search.ph...mplex_Analysis


With the risk of souding ungratefull, unfortunately, I find these difficult to follow due to the presentation format and sound. There are tons of other resources on Mathematics and physics there, others might be interested in.

I was wondering if anyone knows of an alternative video lecture course on this topic which can be downloaded?

Cheers

MuckThatGuy

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematic...Home/index.htm

Are you looking for an analysis or an applications course? Do you already understand the Cauchy residue theorem, and the Cauchy-Reimann equations?

seouldavid

http://stream.sfsu.edu/

This contains some lectures on complex analysis. Click the "List all courses", and then you can find the index of complex analysis. I hope that it is the right content that you are looking for.

sponsoredwalk

UW AMath510: Vector Calculus & Complex Variables Video Lectures

The above course is on sites like sharingmatrix, rapidshare etc...

I'm just pointing that out ;)

ABarrios

Thanks for that link, had never seen that website before. I now have video lectures to go along with my self study in the summer =).

Ravian

go to NPTEL video course, see in in Mathemtics.

saijanai

Try: http://www2.latech.edu/~schroder/comp_var_videos.htm

Basically, its an abbreviated Calc I course with Z instead of x as the independent variable.

It is a Khan Academy style intro. Doesn't leave much as "an exercise for the reader" but that can be a very good thing, IMHO.

antoan

Thanks a lot saijanai, I'll check it out.

Cheers

frozenfire

I did'nt really like that to be honest. Not really explanatory, the guy just wants to run through with the syllabus.

I found a series of lectures which aren't complete.

http://adamglesserf09math481.wordpress.com/2009/10/

And then ofcourse there is the huge NPTEL archive on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6jHXD78dBI

There are 2 MODs in that lecture series, MOD 2 deals with elements of linear algebra and complex differentiability followed by complex integration in MOD 1. THe arangement is a bit haphazard but its the b iggest source out there.

saijanai

I found a couple more lectures in this series. http://blip.tv/search?q=math+481 I also asked if he had plans to post the rest online.

saijanai

I spoke with Adam Glesser via e-mail. He apologizes that more of the lectures aren't up because he's in the middle of a move and is still unpacking boxes. He also apologizes for being too heavy on theory for physicists.

Recent complex analysis lectures of his that aren't showing up in most searches:

http://blip.tv/file/4440786
http://blip.tv/file/4440989
http://blip.tv/file/4441076
http://blip.tv/file/4441160

Quakerbrat

I have been trying for a while to find a video detailing branch cuts. Despite the wealth of definitions available online, it is very hard to visualize how to make multivalues functions single valued. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Sankaku

Looks like he has posted up to Lecture 28 now:

http://suffolkmath.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc

The homework pdf's are here:

http://sites.google.com/site/adamgle...s/f09-math-481

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frozenfire

The complex analysis by NPTEL sucks.. sorry for the eomtions..

Sankaku

Just a note that Glesser's series is missing #15 (he said it wasn't properly captured).

Quick reviews:

Glesser is thorough but moves pretty slow for my tastes. That may be good or bad depending on your starting point.

Schroder is mostly going through the Churchill & Brown textbook with a bit more explanation and a few different proofs. If that is your course book, it could be a good series for review if your teacher didn't explain something well. He definitely moves a lot faster than Glesser.

The University of Washington AMATH501 with Mark Kot as a lecturer are (sadly) not freely available from UW. The first half is vector calc and the second half is complex analysis. I have only really watched the second half and, for me, it is the best by far. I liked Kot's style and he explains things very well without taking forever. It leans a a bit toward applied math, but most first complex analysis courses ("complex variables") usually do...

They are all pretty good teachers - just different priorities. We should be appreciative when material like this is released for free!

nova514

http://www.amath.washington.edu/~kot...e/tmp/all.html

This website would probably be your best bet. However, I have no idea how to access the videos or lecture notes, which I would really like to do. So if anyone knows how, just let us all know!

jackal5671

I had a similar problem and solved it after reading your post. Thanks!