TOPIC 5 FUNCTIONS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE

Exercise 5.1
1. Yes 2. Yes 3. No 4. Yes 5. Yes

Exercise 5.2
1. No

 y
2. Yes ; f ( z )  ln | z | i c  tan 1 
 x

3. Yes ; f ( z )  ln | z | C  i arg( z )

4. Yes ; f ( z )  e  x cos y  C  ie  x sin y

5. Yes ; f ( z )  sin x cosh y  i(cos x sinh y  C )

6. No

Exercise 5.3
2
1. (a) z = 0 (b) Simple pole at z = 2, Pole of order 3 at z = -1 (c) 
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3
2. (a) z = 1 (b) Simple pole at z = -2, Pole of order 2 at z = 3 (c) 
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3. (a) z =  2 (b) Pole of order 3 at z = 0 (c) -1
3 5 3
4. (a)z =  (b) Simple poles at z = -2, -1 and 0 (c) - , 1,
4 2 2
1 1
5. (a) None (b) Simple poles at z = 1,  i (c)  , 
2 i (i  1) 2( i  1 )
6. (a) z = 1,  i (b) Pole of order 2 at z = 0 (c) 0

1 1
7. (a)None (b) Simple poles at z =  1  i , Pole of order 3 at z = 0 (c) ,
2i( i  1 ) 3
4

2 1 25
8. (a) z =  i (b) Simple poles at z = 1,  3i (c) ,
3 2 6i3i  1

Exercise 5.4
1. a = -1, b = 1
2. (a) Re s f ( z )  1 , Re s f ( z )  1
z 1 z 2

(b) Centre : (2, 0), Radius = 4

(c) 0