IISER Bhopal

Department of Physics

BS-MS
Jan-May. 2019

PHY302 : Mathematical Methods II

Assignment 3

1. Consider the function

g(z)
f (z) =
h(z)
and assume that g(z) and h(z) are both analytic at z = z0 so that both
can be expanded in a Taylor series around z = z0 :
1 1
g(z) = g(z0 ) + (z− z0 )g 0 (z0 ) + (z− z0 )2 g 00 (z0 ) + (z − z0 )3 g 000 (z0 ) + · · ·
2! 3!
1 1
h(z) = h(z0 ) + (z− z0 )h0 (z0 ) + (z− z0 )2 h00 (z0 ) + (z − z0 )3 h000 (z0 ) + · · ·
2! 3!
Consider the following cases

A g(z0 ) 6= 0 ; h(z0 ) 6= 0
B g(z0 ) 6= 0 ; h(z0 ) = 0 ; h0 (z0 ) 6= 0
C g(z0 ) 6= 0 ; h(z0 ) = 0 ; h0 (z0 ) = 0 ; h00 (z0 ) 6= 0
D g(z0 ) = 0 ; g 0 (z0 ) 6= 0 ; h(z0 ) = 0 ; h0 (z0 ) 6= 0
E g(z0 ) = 0; g 0 (z0 ) = 0; h(z0 ) = 0 ; h0 (z0 ) = 0 ; h00 (z0 ) 6= 0

In each case ascertain the order of the pole of f (z) at z = z0 by examing

the highest power of 1/(z − z0 ) and give the expression for the residue
at the pole at z = z0 by computing the coefficient of 1/(z − z0 ).

2. Evaluate the following integrals

R 2π 1
(a) 0 dθ
2 cos θ + 3
Rπ 1
(b) −π dθ 2
R 2π 1 +6sin θ
(c) 0 dθ sin θ
R π/2
(d) 0 dθ sin4 θ cos4 θ

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3. Evaluate the following integrals
R∞ 1 √
(a) −∞ dx 4 Ans π/ 3
x + x2 + 1
R∞ x2
(b) 0
dx ; Ans π/6
x6 + 1
R∞ x
(c) 0
dx ; Ans π/4
x4 +1
R∞ x cos px π
(d) 0
dx Ans (1 + p)e−p
(x2 + 1)2 4
4. Compute the following integrals
R∞ epx
(a) ∞ dx ; 0 < p < 1.
1 + epxx
R∞ e
(b) ∞ dxx ; 0 < p < 1.
1 +pxex
R∞ e
(c) ∞ dxx2 ; 0 < p < 1.
1 + ex
−x
R∞ e
(d) ∞ dxx ;.(Hint: Scale the variable to bring it into the form
1 + e−4x
in (b)

5. Compute the Cauchy principal values of the following improper inte-

grals
R ∞ sin x
(a) ∞ dx
x
R ∞ sin2 x
(b) ∞ dx 2
x
R ∞ sin px sin qx
(c) ∞ dx
x2
R∞ sin πx
(d) (b) ∞ dx
x(1 − x2 )