Skip to main content ‘18.112: Functions of a Complex Variable’
Table of contents
- Course Info
- Realistic Prerequisites
- Subject Matter
- Course Staff
- Lectures
- Problem Sets
- Exams
- Resources
- Grading
- Advice to Future Students
Course Info
Class Size | 29 |
Hours/Week | 9.3 (15 responses) |
Instructors | Roman Bezrukavnikov |
Overall Rating | 5.9/7.0 |
Realistic Prerequisites
- 18.100 was a hard prerequisite.
Subject Matter
- The content was a broad mix of theoretical and applied.
- There was a lot of intuition to be gained and there were many applications.
Course Staff
- Very approachable. TAs were open and responsive.
- Some students felt the course staff could have left more comments on psets.
Lectures
- Most students found the lectures slow, and not very helpful, but good for solidifying proofs.
- The textbook, lecture notes, and psets were more useful for learning the content
Problem Sets
- Most students found the psets straightforward.
- Some problems were very enjoyable and fun, others were very simple and unmotivated.
- Students both worked together and by themselves.
Exams
- Most students thought the exams were doable and not very difficult, and didn’t require lots of creativity.
- Some students wished more practice material was made available in advance.
Resources
- Textbook: Complex Analysis by Stein and Shakarchi
- Lecture notes were also published, and followed the textbook closely.
Grading
- Students felt that grading was lenient but not transparent.
Advice to Future Students
- “Read the textbook.”
- “Go back through lectures with another student and talk out all the proofs and theorems.”
- ”Good class, maybe a bit too slow on the lectures.”