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Mathematics
Degrees and Programs
Graduate Capstone
Mathematics Comprehensive Exam Syllabus
Part 1: Core Courses
Math 620: Algebra
Group theory
subgroups
permutation groups
homomorphisms
kernels and images
normal subgroups, quotient groups
isomorphism theorems
Ring and field theory
homomorphisms
kernels and images
ideals, quotient rings
isomorphism theorems
integral domains
polynomial rings
principal ideal domains
fields
References:
Fraleigh: A First Course in Abstract Algebra
Gallian: Contemporary Abstract Algebra
Herstein: Topics in Algebra
Friedberg, Insel, Spence: Linear Algebra
Math 630: Real Analysis
Metric spaces, sequence
Open and Closed sets, Limits and Continuity in metric spaces
Connectedness, Completeness and Compactness and relation to Continuity. Uniform Continuity
Riemann Integration - definition, properties, sets of measure zero, Riemann-Lebesgues Theorem
Derivatives, Rolle's Theorem and Mean Value Theorem
Sequences of Functions, Pointwise versus Uniform Convergence and relation to continuity and derivatives
Series of Functions, Weierstrass M test, relation to continuity, integration and derivatives.
References:
Richard Goldberg,
Methods of Real Analysis,
2nd edition
Marsden and Hoffman:
Elementary Classical Analysis
Apostol:
Mathematical Analysis
Math 670: Numerical Analysis
Rootfinding
Existence and uniqueness of roots
Bisection
Newton's method
Fixed-point iteration
Determining if an approximation is sufficiently accurate
Finite difference approximations and partial differential equations
Derivative approximation formulas
Explicit and implicit methods for the heat equation and related PDEs
Linear systems - Direct methods
Gaussian elimination
LU Decomposition and back substitution
Positive definite matrices and Choleski
Banded/sparse systems
Vector and matrix norms
Linear systems - Iterative methods
Jacobi's method
Gauss-Seidel
General matrix splitting
References:
Burden and Faires: Numerical Analysis
Timothy Sauer: Numerical Analysis
Part 2: Choose 2 from 4
Math 640: Complex Analysis
Holomorphic (or Analytic) Functions of a Complex Variable
Cauchy-Riemann Conditions and Harmonic Functions
Elementary Complex Functions (
e
z
, z
n
, z
1/n
,
log
z
)
Complex Integration
Cauchy - Goursat Theorem
Cauchy Integral Formula
Morera's Theorem
Liouville's Theorem
Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Maximum Principle
Taylor Series of Holomorphic Functions
Power Series as Holomorphic Functions
Meromorphic Functions
Laurent Series
Residues and Contour Integration
Mobius (or Linear Fractional) Transformations
Conformal Mapping
Entire Functions and Picard's Little Theorem
Argument Principle and Rouche's Theorem
References:
Brown and Churchill: Complex Variables and Applications
Marsden and Hoffman: Basic Complex Analysis
Ahlfors: Complex Analysis
Stein and Shakarchi: Complex Analysis
Hille: Analytic Function Theory
Spiegel: Schaum's Outline of Complex Variables
Math 660: Topology
Topological spaces
Interior, closure, boundary
Relative topology
Bases, subbases
Continuous functions
Homeomorphisms
Product spaces
Quotient spaces
Connectedness, path-connectedness
Compactness
Separation axioms
Math 675: Differential Equations
Differential Equations:
Power series solutions
Laplace transforms
Homogeneous and non-homogenous systems of linear differential equations
Fourier series
Matrix exponential
References:
Zill: Differential Equations
Boyce and DiPrima: Elementary Differential Equations
Math 680: Optimization (Linear Programming)
Formulating linear programming models
Solving linear programming problems using the simplex method
(and using the two-phase simplex method when appropriate)
The theory of the simplex method; convergence
The geometry of linear programming; convexity
Duality theory, including the complementary slackness theorem
Sensitivity analysis
The Dual simplex method
The transportation problem
References:
Thie: An Introduction to Linear Programming and Game Theory
Winston and Venkataramanan: Introduction to Mathematical Programming