Assignment-1

Notation: For an open set C, the set of holomorphic functions on is denoted by H().
(1) For C define = {z 2 C : z 2 }.
(a) For = {z 2 C : |z i| < 1}, draw .
(b) If is open and connected then so is .
(c) If is open and f 2 H() then show that g 2 H() where g(z) = f (z). Find
g 0 (z).
(2) Show that
@2 @2 @2
4 = + .
@z@z @x2 @y 2
(3) Suppose U, V are open sets in the complex plane. Prove that if f : U ! V and
g : V ! C are two functions that are dierentiable (in the real sense, that is as a
function of two variables x and y), and h = g f , then
@h @g @f @g @f
= +
@z @z @z @z @z
and
@h @g @f @g @f
= + .
@z @z @z @z @z
(This is the complex version of the chain rule.)
(4) Suppose that f = u + iv is holomorphic on an open connected set . Prove that in
each one of the following cases f is constant.
(a) u is constant.
(b) v is constant.
(c) |f | is constant.
(5) Show that in polar cordinates, the Cauchy-Riemann equations take the form:
@u 1 @v 1 @u @v
= and = .
@r r @ r @ @r
Using this show that the logarithm function defined by
log z = log r + i where z = rei with <<
is holomorphic in the region r > 0 pand < < .
(6) Show that the function f (x+iy) = |x| |y|, x, y 2 R satisfies Caychy-Riemann equation
at the origin yet not holomorphic at origin.
(7) Consider the function
(
xy(x+iy)
x2 +y 2
if z 6= 0
f (z) =
0 if z = 0
Show that f satisfies the Cauchy-Riemann equations at the origin z = 0, yet f is not
complex dierentiable at the origin.
(8) Suppose f : ! C is holomorphic where is open and connected. Show that if f (z)
is real for all z 2 , then f is a constant.
(9) Prove that the each of the three series the radius of convergence is 1. Further show the
following: P
(a) The series P nz n does not converge at any point of the unit circle.
(b) The series P z n /n2 converge at every point of the circle.
(c) The series z n /n converge at every point of the circle except z = 1.
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 (Therefore, we can not say anything
P on the boundary circle of domain of convergence.)
z n
(10) For what values of z, the series ( 1+z ) is convergent?
R n
(11) (a) Evaluate the following integrals: z dz for all integers n, where is any circle
centered at the origin with the positive
R n orientation.
(b) Evaluate the following integrals: z dz for all integers n, where is any circle
not containing the origin, with the positive orientation.
(c) Show that Show that if |a| < r < |b|, then
Z
1 2i
dz =
(z a)(z b) a b
where is a circle centered at origin
R 1of radius r, with positiveitorientation.
(d) Evaluate the following integral: dz where (t) = 1 + e for 0 t 2.
R z 21 1
(e) Evaluate the following integral: z2 1
dz where (t) = 2eit for t .
(12) Suppose f is continuous in an open connected set . Prove that any two primitive of
f (if they exist) dier by a constant.