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MATH-III
Practice Problems Set 4

1. Find all z ∈ C such that the following series converges absolutely.

X zn X zn X zn X 1  1 n
(a) (b) (c) (d) .
n2 n! 2n 2n z

(−1)n 1 P
2. Let an = √ + i 2 , n ∈ N. Show that an converges but does not converge absolutely.
n n
an z n where an is
P
3. Determine the radius of convergence of the power series
√ √
2 n2 (n!)3 n+1− n
(a) (ln n) (b) n! (c) n (d) (e) √ .
4 + 3n (3n)! n2 + n
∞
X 1+z
4. Show that (n + 1)2 z n = , where |z| < 1.
n=0
(1 − z)3

5. Find the Taylor series expansion of

1 6z + 8 ez
(a) f (z) = at z = a 6= 0, (b) f (z) = at z = 1, (c) f (z) = at z = 1.
z2 (2z + 3)(4z + 5) z+1
6. Find the Laurent series expansions for the following functions around z = 0:
1
(a) f (z) = (z−3)−1 for |z| > 3, (b) f (z) = (z(z−1))−1 for 0 < |z| < 1, (c) f (z) = z 3 e z for |z| > 0.

7. Write all possible Laurent series in powers of z that represent the function f (z) = (z(1 + z 2 ))−1 in
certain domains and specify those domains.
8. Let f and g be entire functions which satisfy |f (z)| < |g(z)| ∀z ∈ C. Show that there exist a constant
λ ∈ C such that f (z) = λg(z) ∀z ∈ C. Determine all the entire functions f such that |f 0 (z)| < |f (z)|.
9. For each function given below determine its isolated singular point and weather that point is a pole,
a removable singular point, or an essential singular point:
1 sin z 1 − cos z π cot πz z − sin(z − 1) z 2 + sin z
(a) z exp (b) , (c) , (d) , (e) , (f ) .
z z z2 z2 z−1 cos z − 1
10. Which of the following singularities are removable/pole?
sin z sin z z cos z
(a) at z = π, (b) at z = π, (c) at z = π/2.
z2 − π2 (z − π)2 1 − sin z
11. Find the residue at z = 0 of the following functions and indicate the type of singularity they have
at z = 0:
1 1 z − sin z cot z
(a) , (b) z cos , (c) , (d) 4 .
z + z2 z z z
12. Use Cauchy’s residue theorem to evaluate the integral of each of the following functions around the
circle |z| = π.
e−z e−z 1 z+1 ez π cot πz
(a) , (b) , (c) z 2 e z , (d) , (e) , (f ) .
z2 (z − 1)2 z 2 − 2z z2 − 1 (z + 21 )2

13. Show that ∞ ∞

2x2 − 1
Z Z
π dx π
(a) dx = , (b) = √ .
0 x4 + 5x2 + 4 4 0 x4 + 1 2 2
14. Show that
Z ∞ ∞
e−b e−a
Z  
cos ax π cos x π
(a) 2
dx = e−a , (a ≥ 0) (b) 2 2 2 2
dx = 2 − , (a > b > 0).
0 x +1 2 −∞ (x + a )(x + b ) a − b2 b a

15. Show that

Z 2π Z 2π
dθ 2π dθ
(a) =√ , (a > |b|), (b) = π.
0 a + b sin θ a2 − b2 0 3 − 2 cos θ + sin θ