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Exponential Function
Trigonometric Functions
Logarithm Function
Branch, Branch cut, Branch Point of Multiple Valued Functions
Complex Power Function
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Obtain power series solution to the IVP: f 0 (z) = f (z) for all z ∈ C with
∞
X zn
f (0) = 1 as ez = for all z ∈ C (Recall: From MA102 Power
n!
n=0
Series Solutions to ODE).
Instructors: MGPP, DCD, AC, ST Topic 03: Elementary Analytic Functions 4 / 44
Alternative way of defining complex exponential
function
ex , sin x, cos x .
on to the set
rectangular region
{z = x + iy ∈ C : a < x < b and c < y < d} where d > (c + 2π)
on to the set
we have
eix + e−ix eix − e−ix
cos x = and sin x = for all x ∈ R .
2 2i
Motivated by these identities, we define the complex cosine and sine
functions for all complex numbers by the formulas
d
cos z is analytic everywhere in C and (cos z) = − sin z for z ∈ C.
dz
d
sin z is analytic everywhere in C and (sin z) = cos z for z ∈ C.
dz
sin2 z + cos2 z = 1 for all z ∈ C.
cos(z1 + z2 ) = cos z1 cos z2 − sin z1 sin z2 for any z1 and z2 in C.
sin(z1 + z2 ) = sin z1 cos z2 + cos z1 sin z2 for any z1 and z2 in C.
cos(z + 2π) = cos z and cos(−z) = cos z for any z ∈ C. Thus, the
function cos z is a periodic function with period 2π and is an even
function in C.
sin(z + 2π) = sin z and sin(−z) = − sin z for any z ∈ C. Thus, the
function sin z is a periodic function with period 2π and is an odd
function in C.
Observe that
as |y| → ∞, | sinh y| → ∞ and hence | cos z| → ∞.
Instructors: MGPP, DCD, AC, ST Topic 03: Elementary Analytic Functions 16 / 44
Zeros of cos z and sin z
Note that many more identities involving with the real functions cosine
and sine can be proved for complex functions cos z and sin z.
With cosh z and sinh z, the other hyperbolic functions are defined by
sinh z
tanh z = ,
cosh z
cosh z
coth z = ,
sinh z
1
sech z = ,
cosh z
1
cosech z = .
sinh z
1 (8k+1)π
2 ln(2) + i 4 where k ∈ Z.
Each point z ∈ C \ {0} is mapped to a set consisting of infinite
number of values by the function log z which differ from each other
by multiples of 2πi. Therefore, log z is a multiple valued function.
Instructors: MGPP, DCD, AC, ST Topic 03: Elementary Analytic Functions 24 / 44
Identities involving logarithm
log(z) maps:
1 7→ {· · · , −2πi, 0, 2πi, · · · }
1.001 7→ {· · · , 0.000999 − 2πi, 0.000999, 0.000999 + 2πi, · · · }
Guess: How to pick values for a single valued function that is analytic
(and hence continuous)?
Instructors: MGPP, DCD, AC, ST Topic 03: Elementary Analytic Functions 26 / 44
Principal Value of logarithm (Log z)
We can make the multiple valued function logarithm into a single
valued function by restricting arg z suitably.
Principal value of Logarithm: For z 6= 0, we define the principal value of
the logarithm as follows:
Log z = ln |z| + i Arg z where − π < Arg z ≤ π .
Since Log z jumps by 2πi as z crosses the negative real axis, it is
discontinuous along the cut θ = π. However it is continuous in the
domain D = {z = reiθ : r > 0, −π < θ < π}.
1 (8k+1)π
2 ln(2) + i 4 where k ∈ Z.
1
Log(1 + i) = 2 ln(2) + i π4 .
Instructors: MGPP, DCD, AC, ST Topic 03: Elementary Analytic Functions 28 / 44
Branch, Branch Cut, Branch Point
Let f (z) be a multiple valued function defined in a set D ⊆ C.
Definition
A branch of a multiple valued function f (z) is any single valued function
F (z) that is analytic in some open, connected set (domain) D∗ ⊂ D at
each point z of which the value F (z) is one of the values of f (z).
For the principal branch, the negative real axis including the origin
L = {z = x + iy ∈ C : y = 0 and x ≤ 0} is the branch cut.
For the branch Fα , the ray with the angle θ = α including the origin
L = {z = reiθ ∈ C : θ = α and r > 0} ∪ {0} is the branch cut.
The origin which is common to all branch cuts is the branch point of
log z.
where k ∈ Z.
Instructors: MGPP, DCD, AC, ST Topic 03: Elementary Analytic Functions 37 / 44
Principal Branch of z a
By specifying a branch of the logarithm, we obtain a single valued
branch of complex power function from ea log z . In particular, if we
choose the principal logarithm Log z, we obtain the principal value of
z a as:
Principal value of z a = ea Log z for z 6= 0 .
The principal branch of z a is ea Log z and it is analytic in
D∗ = {z = reiθ : r > 0, −π < θ < π}. We have
d a Log z d a
e = ea Log z (a Log z) = ea Log z for z ∈ D∗ .
dz dz z
Note: We remark that the above equation can be written in the more
d a
familiar form (z ) = a z a−1 with the proviso that the branch of
dz
logarithm used in defining z a is the same as the branch of the
logarithm used in defining z a−1 .
Instructors: MGPP, DCD, AC, ST Topic 03: Elementary Analytic Functions 38 / 44
Riemann Surfaces of z 1/2 (Two Branches)
Two Branches of f (z) = z 1/2 are:
+ iθ 1
F (re ) = exp (ln(r) + i θ) for r > 0 and − π < θ < π .
2
− iθ 1
F (re ) = exp (ln(r) + i θ) for r > 0 and − 3π < θ < −π .
2
p
arc sin (z) = sin−1 (z) = (−i) log iz + 1 − z 2 for all z ∈ C .
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For the multiple valued function sin−1 (z), first choose a branch of the
square root function and then selecting a suitable branch of the
logarithm, we can show that
d 1
sin−1 (z) = √
for all z ∈ C \ {±1}
dz 1 − z2
where the choice of the square root on the right must be the same as
that used in the branch of sin−1 (z).
Similarly,
p
arc cos (z) = cos−1 (z) = (−i) log z + z2 − 1 for all z ∈ C
d −1
cos−1 (z) = √
for all z ∈ C \ {±1}
dz 1 − z2
−1 i i+z i 1 − iz
tan (z) = log = log for z ∈ C \ {±i}
2 i−z 2 1 + iz
d 1
tan−1 (z) =
for all z ∈ C \ {±i}
dz 1 + z2