PYL113 - Mathematical Physics

Tutorial Sheet 1(A) - Complex Analysis

1. Find the equation for a circle in the complex plane, which passes through three
points z
1
, z
2
and z
3
.
2. Study the dierentiability of ze
z
. Is it an entire function?
3. Determine the type of singularities possessed by the following functions:
(a) (z2)
1
(b) (1+z
3
)/z
2
(c) e
z
/z
3
(d) (z+3i)
5
/(z
2
2z+5)
(e) sec(1/z) (f) sin(

z)/

z
4. Using f(re
i
) = R(r, )e
i(r,)
, in which R(r, ) and (r, ) are dierentiable real
functions of r and , show that the Cauchy-Riemann conditions in polar coordinates
read
R
r
=
R
r

,
1
r
R

= R

r
5. Two dimensional irrotational uid ow is conveniently described by a complex po-
tential f(z) = u(x, y)+iv(x, y). We label the real part, u(x, y), the velocity potential
and the imaginary part, v(x, y), the stream function. The uid velocity

V is given
by

V =

u. If f(z) is analytic, prove that
(a) df/dz = V
x
+ iV
y
.
(b)

V = 0 (no sources or sinks).

(c)

V = 0 (irrotational, nonturbulent ow).

6. For a function f(z), analytic in a simply-connected region R, prove that the integral

b
a
f(z)dz, is the same for all paths between a and b, provided the path, as well as
the end points a, b R.
7. Show that
(a)
1
2i

C
z
mn1
dz =
mn
, where
mn
is the Kronecker Delta function
(b)
1
2i
lim

d
e
i
+ i
= () , where () is the Unit Step function
The above relations constitute integral representations of the stated functions.
8. Investigate the convergence properties of the following series:
(a)

n=1
z
n
/(3
n
+ 1), (b)

n=0
e
2inz
/(n + 1)
3/2
9. Find the radii of convergence of the following Taylor series:
(a)

n=2
z
n
/ ln n (b)

n=1
z
n
n
ln n
10. Expand the following functions in an appropriate power series, and specify the
region(s) of convergence:
1
(a) e
z
2
sinh(z + 2), about z
0
= 0.
(b) (1 cos z)/z, about z
0
= 0.
11. Derive the Laurent series expansion of an analytic function f(z) (working out all
the intermediate steps.)
12. Prove that if f(z) has a simple zero at z
0
, then 1/f(z) has a residue of 1/f

(z
0
).
Hence evaluate the integral:

sin
a sin
d
where a is real and > 1.
13. Use the residue theorem to evaluate:
(a)

C
e
z+1/z
dz, C being |z| = 1
(b)

C
1
sin
3
z
dz, C being |z| = 2
(c)

2
0
1
a + b cos
d,
(d)

0
cosh ax
cosh x
dx, |a|< 1, a real
14. Evaluate the following integrals:
(a)

0
ln(1 + x)
1 x
2
(b)

0
e
ax
cos(bx)
2