Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Complex Analysis
TUTORIAL - IV
1. Let C0 denote the circle |z − z0 | = R, taken counterclockwise. Use the parametric representation
z = z0 + Reiθ (−π ≤ θ ≤ π) for C0 to derive the following integration formulas:
dz
Z
(a) = 2πi;
C0 z − z0
Z
(b) (z − z0 )n−1 dz = 0 (n = ±1, ±2, · · ·).
C0

2. Apply the Cauchy-Goursat theorem to show that

Z
f (z) dz = 0
C

when the contour C is the circle |z| = 1, in either direction, and when
z2 1
(a) f (z) = ; (b) f (z) = ze−z ; (c) f (z) = 2 ;
z−3 z + 2z + 2
(d) f (z) = sech z; (e) f (z) = tan z; (f) f (z) = log(z + 2).
3. Let C denote the positively oriented boundary of the half disk 0 ≤ r ≤ 1, 0 ≤ θ ≤ π, and let f (z)
be a continuous function defined on that half disk by writing f (0) = 0 and using the branch
√ −π 3π
 
f (z) = reiθ/2 r > 0, <θ<
2 2
of the multiple-valued function z 1/2 . Show that
Z
f (z)dz = 0
C

by evaluating separately the integrals of f (z) over the semicircle and the two radii which make up
C. Why does the Cauchy-Goursat theorem not apply here?
4. Let C denote the positively oriented boundary of the square whose sides lie along the lines x = ±2
and y = ±2. Evaluate each of these integrals:
e−z dz
Z
(a) ;
C z − (πi/2)
cos z
Z
(b) dz;
C z(z 2 + 8)
z dz
Z
(c) ;
C 2z + 1
cosh z
Z
(d) dz;
C z4
tan(z/2)
Z
(e) dz (−2 < x0 < 2).
C (z − x0 )2
5. Let C be the circle |z| = 3, described in the positive sense. Show that if
2z 2 − z − 2
Z
g(w) = dz 6 3),
(|w| =
C z−w
then g(2) = 8πi. What is the value of g(w) when |w| > 3?

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 6. Show that if f is analytic within and on a simple closed contour C and z0 is not on C, then
f 0 (z) dz f (z) dz
Z Z
= .
C z − z0 C (z − z0 )2

7. Let f denote a function that is continuous on a simple closed contour C. Prove that the function
1 f (s) ds
Z
g(z) =
2πi C s−z
is analytic at each point z interior to C and that
1 f (s) ds
Z
g 0 (z) =
2πi C (s − z)2
at such a point.

8. Obtain the Maclaurin series representation

∞
X z 4n+1
z cosh(z 2 ) = (|z| < ∞).
n=0
(2n)!

9. Obtain the Taylor series

∞
X (z − 1)n
ez = e (|z − 1| < ∞)
n=0
n!
for the function f (z) = ez by

(a) using f (n) (1) (n = 0, 1, 2, · · ·);

(b) writing ez = ez−1 e.

10. Show that when 0 < |z| < 4,

∞
1 1 X zn
= + .
4z − z 2 4z n=0 4n+2

11. Give two Laurent series expansions in powers of z for the function
1
f (z) = ,
z 2 (1 − z)
and specify the regions in which those expansions are valid.

12. Show that when 0 < |z − 1| < 2,

∞
z X (z − 1)n 1
= −3 n+2
− .
(z − 1)(z − 3) n=0
2 2(z − 1)

13. Write the two Laurent series in powers of z that represent the function
1
f (z) =
z(1 + z 2 )
in certain domains, and specify those domains.

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