Spring Semester 2019

Mathematics II – Complex Analysis

Problem Sheet-7
1. Examine whether the following functions satisfy the Cauchy-Riemann equations, and determine regions if so.
(a) f (z) = z̄ 2 ; (b) f (z) = x2 −y 2 ; (c) f (z) = 2xyi; (d) f (z) = x2 −y 2 +2xyi; (e) f (z) = zRe(z); (f) f (z) = z|z|;
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(g) f (z) = Re(z)Im(z) ; (h) f (z) = Re(z)Im(z) ; (i) f (z) = zIm(z); (j) f (z) = 2z + 4z̄ + 5.

2. Show that
 3the following function satisfies the Cauchy-Riemann equations at (0, 0) but f 0 (0) does not exist.
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 x (1+i)−y (1−i) if z 6= 0
x2 +y 2
f (z) = .
0 if z = 0;

3. 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 6= 0 is analytic at all points except at the point z = 0.
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4. Show that the function f (z) = log z is analytic for all z except at the points {z : Re z ≤ 0, Im z = 0}.

5. 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 0 (z) vanishes in D.

(b) Re f (z) = u = constant.
(c) Im f (z) = v = constant.
(d) |f (z)| = constant (non zero).

6. Place the restrictions on the constants a, b, c so that the following functions are entire.
(a) x + ay − i(bx + cy); (b) ax2 − by 2 + icxy; (c) ex cos ay + iex sin(y + b) + c; (d) a(x2 + y 2 ) + ibxy + c.

7. Suppose f (z) = u + iv is analytic at z0 6= 0. Show that

 
0 i ∂u ∂v
f (z0 ) = − +i
z0 ∂θ ∂θ

at z = z0 , where (r, θ) are the polar coordinates.

8. Show that the function u = cos x cosh y is harmonic. Find its harmonic conjugate.

9. 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).

10. u(r, θ) = r2 cos 2θ is harmonic. Find its conjugate harmonic function and the corresponding analytic function
f (z).

11. If f (z) is analytic function of z, then prove that

∂2 ∂2 ∂2
(a) 2
+ 2 =4 .
∂x ∂y ∂z∂ z̄
 2
∂2

∂
(b) + 2 |f (z)|2 = 4|f 0 (z)|2 .
∂x2 ∂y

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12. 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.

13. Determine the analytic function f (z) = u + iv where u + v = ex (cos y + sin y).

14. Let f (z) = u + iv and g(z) = v + iu be analytic functions for all z. Let f (0) = 1 and g(i) = i. Obtain the
value of h(z) = f 0 (z) + g 0 (z) + 2f (z)g(z) at z = 1 + i.

15. Show that v is harmonic conjugate of u if and only if −u is harmonic conjugate of v. (Hint: Compare f (z)
and −if (z)).

16. Express ln(e) in x + iy form.

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