MA 41006/ MA51108: Complex Analysis/ Advanced

Complex Analysis
Assignment-01 (Spring 2019)

1. Find the following limits (if exists)

(Re(z) − Im(z))2
(a) lim
z→0
[ |z|2 ]
1 2
(b) lim 1 + iy
z→0 1 − e x
( )2
z
(c) lim
z→0 z̄
z
(d) lim
z→0 |z|
2. Test the continuity of the following functions:
{ { 2 {
Re(z 2 )
Im(z)
|z|
if z ̸
= 0 z
|z|
if z ̸
= 0 |z|2
if z ̸= 0
(a) f (z) = (b) f (z) = (c) f (z) =
0 if z = 0 0 if z = 0 0 if z = 0
3. Examine the continuity of f (z) at z = 0, where f (z) is
{ 2
xy
x2 +y 4
if z ̸= 0
f (z) =
0 if z = 0
4 At which points the following function is C-differentiable?
{ z2
if z ̸= 0,
f (z) = z
0 if z = 0.
5. Show that {
x3 (1+i)−y 3 (1−i)
x2 +y 2
if z ̸= 0
f (z) =
0 if z = 0
satisfies Cauchy Reimann equations at z = 0 but f ′ (0) does not exist.
6. Show that for the function,
{ 2
xy (x+iy)
x2 +y 4
if z ̸= 0
f (z) =
0 if z = 0
f ′ (0) does not exist but it satisfies Cauchy Reimann equations at (0, 0).
7. Using Cauchy Reimann equations show that
(a) f (z) = |z|2 is not analytic at any point.
(b) f (z) = z̄ is not analytic at any point.
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(c) f (z) = , z ̸= 0 is analytic at all points except at the point z = 0.
z
8. Show that the function Logz is analytic for all z except the point {z : Re z ≤
0, Im z = 0}.

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 9. Let f (z) = u + iv be analytic in a domain D. Prove that f is constant in D
if any one of the followings hold.
(a) f ′ (z) vanishes in D.
(b) Re f (z) = u = constant.
(c) Im f (z) = v = constant.
(d) |f (z)| = constant (non zero).
10. Show that the function u = cos x cosh y is harmonic. Find its harmonic
conjugate.
11. Show that following functions are harmonic:
(a) u(x, y) = 2x + y 3 − 3x2 y
(b) v(x, y) = ex sin y
and find their harmonic conjugates and the corresponding analytic functions
f (z).
12. u(r, θ) = r2 cos 2θ is harmonic. Find its conjugate harmonic function and
the corresponding analytic function f (z).
13. If f (z) is analytic function of z, then prove that
∂2 ∂2 ∂2
(a) + = 4 .
∂x2 ∂y 2 ) ∂z∂ z̄
(
∂2 ∂2
(b) + |f (z)|2 = 4|f ′ (z)|2 .
∂x2 ∂y 2
14. Find the values of constants a, b, c and d such that the function f (z) =
(x2 + axy + by 2 ) + i(cx2 + dxy + y 2 ) is analytic.
15. Suppose f (z) = u + iv is analytic at z0 ̸= 0. Show that
( )
′ i ∂u ∂v
f (z0 ) = − +i
z0 ∂θ ∂θ
at z = z0 , where (r, θ) are the polar coordinates.