MM549: Topology and Complex Analysis

Study Board for Natural Sciences

Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher, but English if international students are enrolled
EKA: N300050102
Assessment: Second examiner: External
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Spring
Level: Bachelor

STADS ID (UVA): N300050101
ECTS value: 10

Date of Approval: 13-10-2025


Duration: 1 semester

Version: Approved - active

Internal Course Code

MM549

Entry requirements

None

Academic preconditions

Students taking the course are expected to know the content of the 'Mathematical analysis'-part of the course MM533.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses Calculus and Mathematical and Numerical Analysis, and gives an academic basis for studying the topics probability theory, measure and integration and Banach spaces and Hilbert- and Banach Spaces, that are part of the degree.

Course introduction

Topological properties are applied in many areas of mathematics and the first objective of this course is to develop further the concepts, which are introduced in Mathematical and Numerical Analysis, in more advanced settings. The second objective of the course is to give the students a fundamental knowledge of the theory of analytic functions, which will enable them to use this important theory in other areas of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics.

Expected learning outcome

The learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
  • in a written exam, apply the concepts and ideas, from the course syllabus, in concrete mathematical examples.
  • formulate the written presentation in a mathematically correct way and argue for the validity of achieved results in stringent mathematical language.

Content

The following main topics are contained in the course:
  • Topological spaces, including construction methods and concepts of continuity,  compactness and connectedness. 
  • Complete metric spaces
  • Function spaces
  • Normal topological spaces.
  • Power series
  • Analytic functions.
  • Cauchy's integral theorem and integral formulas.
  • The fundamental theorem of algebra.
  • Taylor- and Laurent series of analytic functions.
  • Poles and zeroes. The residue theorem and its applications to compute definite integrals.

Literature

See itslearning for syllabus lists and additional literature references.

Examination regulations

Exam element a)

Timing

June

Tests

Written exam

EKA

N300050102

Assessment

Second examiner: External

Grading

7-point grading scale

Identification

Student Identification Card - Exam number

Language

Normally, the same as teaching language

Duration

3 hours

Examination aids

All common aids are allowed e.g. books, notes, computer programmes which do not use internet etc. 

Physical calculators, the internet, and any form of generative artificial intelligence are not allowed during the exam. However, you may visit the course site in itslearning to open system "DE-Digital Exam". If you wish to use course materials from itslearning, you must download the materials to your computer the day before the exam. During the exam you cannot be sure that all course materials is accessible in itslearning.    

ECTS value

10

Additional information

The exam paper is free format. The exam paper is handed out as a PDF document, and the answer must be submitted as a single PDF document.

Indicative number of lessons

92 hours per semester

Teaching Method

Planned lessons:
Total number of planned lessons: 92
Hereof:
Common lessons in classroom/auditorium: 92

In the lectures, general concepts and theory will be introduced. The exercise sessions will be devoted to learning the material in depth.

Other planned teaching activities:
Studying the course material and preparing the weekly exercises, individually or through group work.

Teacher responsible

Name E-mail Department
Fabian Haiden fab@sdu.dk Institut for Matematik og Datalogi

Timetable

Administrative Unit

Institut for Matematik og Datalogi (matematik)

Team at Registration

NAT

Offered in

Odense

Recommended course of study

Transition rules

Transitional arrangements describe how a course replaces another course when changes are made to the course of study. 
If a transitional arrangement has been made for a course, it will be stated in the list. 
See transitional arrangements for all courses at the Faculty of Science.