BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

HYDERABAD CAMPUS
Second Semester, 2021-2022
MATH F112: Mathematics-II
Comprehensive Examination (CLOSED BOOK)

Date: June 24, 2022 Duration: 9AM - 12 Noon

Day: Friday Max Marks: 90 Marks

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Write you name and Id. number on all answer booklets.
2. Attempt all the questions. All the symbols carry usual meaning as per the text book.
3. Provide reasons for any statement used in the answer.
4. Write legibly. Any overwriting/alteration will not be evaluated.
5. Write answer of all parts of the same question in one place.

PART-B

1. (a) Prove that the function defined by

( 3
x −y 3 +i(x3 +y 3 )
x2 +y 2
, z 6= 0.
f (z) =
0, z = 0.

is continuous. [6]
(b) Show that f (z) satisfies the Cauchy Riemann equations at z = 0 but the function
is not differentiable. [6]
(c) Identify which of the four partial derivatives of u and v are not continuous at z = 0,
where f (z) = u + iv. [6]

2. Find all complex solutions of cotz = 2 + i. [10]

1 √ √
3. Find the values of z 3 for z = −1 + i 3, 1 − i 3 taking the expression
1 1
z 3 = r 3 exp(iθ/3)

and the branch cut along the positive real axis. [5]

4. Integrate z 2 + λz̄ around the rectangular contour bounded by real and imaginary axes
and the lines Rez = a and Imz = b. [12]

Please turn over

1
5. (a) Let f = u + iv be an entire function. Show that [5]
Z 2π
(u(r, θ) cos θ − v(r, θ) sin θ) dθ = 0.
0

(b) Let C1 denote the positively oriented boundary of the curve given by |x| + |y| = 2
and C2 be the positively oriented circle |z| = 4. Is
I I
z+2 z+2
z dz = z dz?
C1 sin 2 C2 sin 2

Justify your answer. [5]

(c) Show that

(z 2 + 3)eiz Log z
Z
7(3ln 2 + π)π
2
dz ≤
C z −2 9

π
where C is the contour z|z = 2eiθ , 0 ≤ θ ≤

3 . [7]
(d) Show that if f (z) is analytic inside and on a simple closed curve C and z0 is not
on C, then

f (m) (z)
Z Z
f (z)
(n − 1)! dz = (m + n − 1)! dz
C (z − z0 )n C (z − z0 )m+n

for all positive integers m and n. [6]

2
z
6. (a) Let f (z) = z 2 −3z+2 . Find the Laurent series of f (z) in each of the following domains
(i). 1 < |z| < 2
(ii). 1 < |z − 3| < 2. [12]
(b) Evaluate the contour integral
I
1
dz
C e2z − ez

using Cauchy’s residue theorem. Here C is positively oriented |z| = 2011. [10]

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