Course discusses differential equations, complex analysis, and the Laplace transform.1 Follows MAT187 — Calculus II. We are using the Advanced Engineering Mathematics textbook (7th edition) by Dennis Zill.
The textbook answers (odd numbers only) can be found here.
Concepts covered
Complex analysis
Foundations
- Complex number
- De Moivre’s theorem
- Exponential function, logarithmic function, trigonometric function, and hyperbolic function
- Point-set topology
- Differentiation from first principles
- Differentiability and continuity
- Epsilon-delta definition (only briefly, not testable)
- Cauchy-Riemann equations
- Analytic function
- Harmonic function
- Laplacian
Integration
- Contour integral
- Cauchy-Goursat theorem
- Fundamental theorem of contour integrals
- ML inequality
- Cauchy’s integral formula
- Fundamental theorem of algebra
- Cauchy inequality
- Liouville’s theorem
- Principal value integral
- Jordan’s lemma
- Indentation of contours
- Trigonometric integral
Sequences and series
- Sequence and series and power series
- Residue
- Great Picard theorem (not testable)
Differential equations
- Homogeneous ODE
- Non-homogeneous ODE
- First-order ODE
- Integrating factor (linear first-order ODEs)
- Direction field
- Phase portrait
- Equilibrium solution
- Second-order ODE
- Reduction of order (homogeneous, linear)
- Series RLC circuit
- Higher-order ODE
- Initial-value problem
- Solutions to differential equations (interval of definition)
- Solutions to differential equations
Laplace transform
- Laplace transform
- Inverse Laplace transform
- Partial fraction decomposition (cover-up method)
- Translation theorem (first and second)
- Convolution
- Dirac delta function
Footnotes
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”[MAT290] will provide you with the mathematical foundation for advanced control systems, robotics, and intelligent systems.” - Prof Stickel ↩