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Math Methods II: Problem Set 2: Instructor: Kaushik Bhattacharya

This document contains instructions for Problem Set 2 in a Math Methods II course. Students are instructed to show their work neatly and clearly show all assumptions. The problem set contains 8 problems involving complex analysis, including determining whether singularities are removable or essential, evaluating integrals using contour integration, and calculating residues. Students must return their solutions by January 30, 2009.

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Math Methods II: Problem Set 2: Instructor: Kaushik Bhattacharya

This document contains instructions for Problem Set 2 in a Math Methods II course. Students are instructed to show their work neatly and clearly show all assumptions. The problem set contains 8 problems involving complex analysis, including determining whether singularities are removable or essential, evaluating integrals using contour integration, and calculating residues. Students must return their solutions by January 30, 2009.

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Math Methods II: Problem Set 2

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Instructor:Kaushik Bhattacharya
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Kanpur 208 016, India.

Date:- 20:01:2009

The problems must be solved neatly in fresh papers with a good hand writing. Clumsy work
will not be entertained and more over they will be lowly graded. The analytical reasoning must
be clear and it will be beneficial for you if you point out all the assumptions clearly.

1. A series ∞n=1 un (z) of complex functions un (z) is called absolutely convergent if


∞
n=1 |un (z)|
P P

converges. With this definition of absolute convergence, and using the tests for convergence,
prove that the series ∞ n=1 un (z) is convergent when it is absolutely convergent.
P

2. Prove that, if a function f (z) is bounded and analytic throughout a domain 0 < |z − z0 | < δ,
then either f (z) is analytic at z0 or else z0 is a removable singular point of that function.
The statement of the above problem is called the Riemann’s theorem.

3. Let z0 be an essential singular point of a function f (z), and let c be any arbitrary complex
number. Then prove that for each positive number ǫ, however small, the inequality |f (z) −
c| < ǫ is satisfied at some point z different from z0 in the neighborhood of z0 . This is called
the Casorati-Weierstrass theorem.
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4. For each of the functions z exp( z12 ), (sinz z) , z(4−z)
1
which have singularities at z = 0 give a
Laurent expansion about z = 0 and determine the region of convergence. State in each case
whether z = 0 is a removable singularity, essential singularity or a pole.

5. Using methods of complex analysis show that


1 1 1 1 π2
(a) 12
− 22
+ 32
− 42
+···= 12
.
h i
1 1 1
(b) tan z = 2z (π/2)2 −z 2
+ (3π/2)2 −z 2
+ (5π/2)2 −z 2
+··· ,
and using the above result derive
1 1 1 1 π2
12
+ 32
+ 52
+ 72
+···= 8
.

6. Integrate f (z) = exp( z1 ) on the contour |z| = 1 and state the result. On the same contour
integrate g(z) = exp( z12 ) and state the result.

7. Evaluate the following integrals using methods of contour integration in the complex plane.
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R∞ sin2 x
(a) 0 x2
dx
R ∞ (ln x)2 √
R∞ 2 x2 π
(b) 0 x2 +1
dx (The formula 0 e−a dx = 2a
may be useful.)
R ∞ ln x
(c) 0 (x+2)2 dx

φ(z)
8. Suppose the function f (z) is of the form f (z) = ψ(z) , where φ(z) and ψ(z) are analytic
functions in a domain consisting of the point z = z0 . If in this domain ψ(z0 ) = 0 then z0 is
a singular point for f (z). Show that if φ(z0 ) 6= 0 and ψ ′ (z0 ) 6= 0 then z0 is a simple pole of
f (z). What is the residue of f (z) at z = z0 ?

The solutions of this problem set must be returned on or before 30:01:2009

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