JHU 580.

429 SB3

HW3

1. Evaluate dz 1z for the following closed contours expressed in polar coordinates, z = rei
with r > 0.
H

(a) A single counter-clockwise loop, = 0 to 2.

2i

(b) A single clockwise loop, = 2 to 0.

2i

(c) A double counter-clockwise loop, = 0 to 4.

4i

(d) A complicated path with m counter-clockwise loops and n clockwise loops.

(m n)2i

2. Evaluate
I

ds
est
2i (s + a)(s + b)

over the following closed contours, each a single counter-clockwise loop, with a > b > 0.
(a) A contour including a but excluding b.
I

eat
ds eat e(s+a)t
=
2i (s + a)(s + b) a + b

eat
ds 1
=
2i s + a b a

ds 1
ebt
=
2i s + b a b

(b) A contour including b but excluding a.

I

ebt
ds ebt e(s+b)t
=
2i (s + a)(s + b) b + a

(c) A contour up the imaginary axis and then closed in the left half-plane: z = i
+i + i i i.
eat ebt
ba

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(d) A contour up the imaginary axis and then closed in the right half-plane: z = i
+i + i i i.
0
(e) Not a closed contour but just a path up the imaginary axis, z = i +i.
eat ebt
ba
3. Consider the integral
est
2
i 2i (s + a)

Z i
ds

with a > 0.
(a) Evaluate the integral using contour integrals by expanding est in a Taylor series around
s = a, est = eat e(s+a)t = eat [1 + (s + a)t + (s + a)2t 2 /2 + (s + a)3t 3 /3! + . . .].
ds eat (s + a)t
= teat
2i (s + a)2

(b) Evaluate the integral by first evaluating

est
i 2i (s + a)(s + b)

Z i
ds

and then taking the limit b a.

eat ebt
tebt
= lim
= teat
ba
ba 1
ba
lim

(c) Evaluate

Z i
ds est
i

2i s2

4. Contour integrals simplify Fourier transforms. Let

f (t) =

eit
2 2 + a2

Z
d

with a > 0.
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(a) Where are the poles?

= ia
(b) For t > 0, what is the value of the integrand for +i and for i? Can you
close the contour in the upper half-plane or the lower half-plane?
eit
=0
+i 2 + a2
lim

eit
=
i 2 + a2
Close contour in upper half-plane.
lim

(c) What is f (t) for t > 0?

eat ei(ia)t
eat
=
2 ( + ia)( ia)
2ia

Z
d

d 1
eat
=
2 ia
2a

(d) For t < 0, in which half-plane should the contour be closed? What is f (t) for t < 0?
Close in lower half-plane.
eat
2ia

d 1
eat
eat
=
(0 2i) =
2 + ia 4ia
2a

Note that loop is clockwise.

(e) Noting that eit = cos(t) + i sin(t), what is
Z
d cos(t)

What is

Z
d sin(t)

Z
d cos(t)

2 2 + a2

2 2 + a2

= Re

Z
d cos(t)

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2 2 + a2

2 + a2

eit
ea|t|
=
2 2 + a2
2a

Z
d

= Im

Z
d

eit
2 + a2

=0

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