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MAT3705 June/July 2021

COMPLEX ANALYSIS
Duration : 2 Hours 100 Marks

EXAMINERS :
FIRST : Dr. P. de Jager
SECOND : Dr. L. Lindeboom
EXTERNAL : Prof. R. Brits

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South Africa.

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Open Rubric
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QUESTION 1

(1.1) Sketch the set of points given by the condition |3z + 2 − i| = 6. (2)

(1.2) Prove that zz = |z|2 , for any z ∈ C. (2)

(1.3) Prove that if a set A ⊆ C is not closed, then it does not contain all of its accumulation points. (4)

(1.4) Is the set B = {3 − 4i} closed? Provide reasons for your answer. (4)
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QUESTION 2

Let f (z) = z 2 .

(2.1) Use the -δ definition of a limit to show that lim f (z) = 8 + 6i. (7)
z→3+i

(2.2) Is f continuous at z = 3 + i? Provide a reason for your answer. (2)

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QUESTION 3

Let g(z) = zz 2 .

(3.1) Use the Cauchy-Riemann equations to determine the points where g is differentiable. (8)

(3.2) Is g analytic at any point of C? Justify your answer. (3)

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QUESTION 4

Let C denote the line segment from the origin toR the point 3 + i and let f (z) = x − y + i5y 2 , where z = x + iy. Use
the definition of a contour integral to calculate C f (z) dz.
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QUESTION 5

Calculate the following integral using Cauchy’s integral formula or its extension (the contour is positively oriented):
Z
z+3
2 + 4)3
dz
|z−i|=2 (z

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QUESTION 6

(6.1) Locate and classify all the isolated singularities of the function (11)

e3z
g(z) = ,
(z − i)(z + 2)2

and compute the residues at each of these singularities.

(6.2) Now use the results of 6.1 and Cauchy’s residue theorem to write down the value of (5)

e3z
Z
dz,
C (z − i)(z + 2)2

where C is the positively oriented contour C = {z ∈ C : |z + 1 + i| = 3}.

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QUESTION 7

Use any correct method to compute the following integral (the contour is positively oriented):
Z
cos z
3
dz
|z+2|=1 z + 8

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QUESTION 8

6
Write the Laurent series about the point z = 3 of the function f (z) = in the region 5 < |z − 3| < ∞. Give at
2+z
least four non-zero terms.
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QUESTION 9

Compute the Cauchy principal value of the following integral using residue theory (and write down motivations and
details): Z ∞
3x
2 + 49)(x2 − 2x + 5)
dx
−∞ (x

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QUESTION 10

Read the following theorem and its proof and then answer the questions which follow:
∞
an (z − z0 )n represents a continuous function at each point inside its circle
P
Theorem. A power series S(z) =
n=0
of convergence |z − z0 | = R.
N
an (z − z0 )n and let ρN (z) = S(z) − SN (z). Then
P
Proof. Let SN (z) =
n=0

|S(z) − S(z1 )| ≤ |SN (z) − SN (z1 )| + |ρN (z)| + |ρN (z1 )|. . . . (1)

Let  > 0 and let R0 be such that |z1 − z0 | < R0 < R. There exists an N ∈ N such that

|ρN (z)| < whenever N > N and |z − z0 | ≤ R0 . . . (2)
3
Let N = N + 1. There exists a δ1 > 0 such that

|SN (z) − SN (z1 )| < whenever |z − z1 | < δ1 . . . (3)
3
Let δ > 0 be such that {z ∈ C : |z − z1 | < δ} ⊆ {z ∈ C : |z − z0 | < R0 } and δ ≤ δ1 . Then using (1), (2) and (3), we
have that |S(z) − S(z1 )| < , whenever |z − z1 | < δ.

(10.1) What do we have to show in order to demonstrate that S(z) is a continuous function at each point (3)
inside its circle of convergence |z − z0 | = R?

(10.2) Show that |S(z) − S(z1 )| ≤ |SN (z) − SN (z1 )| + |ρN (z)| + |ρN (z1 )|. (2)

(10.3) How do we know there exists an N ∈ N such that (2) holds? (2)

(10.4) How do we know there exists a δ1 > 0 such that (3) holds? (1)
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TOTAL MARKS: [100]

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