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Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Tools of Theoretical of Physics (PH 608), 2017 Home Assignment 2

This document contains 23 problems related to theoretical physics. The problems cover topics such as: expressing complex functions in different forms; determining whether functions are analytic or differentiable; properties of analytic functions including the Cauchy-Riemann equations; harmonic functions and finding harmonic conjugates; and curves orthogonal to families of curves.

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Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Tools of Theoretical of Physics (PH 608), 2017 Home Assignment 2

This document contains 23 problems related to theoretical physics. The problems cover topics such as: expressing complex functions in different forms; determining whether functions are analytic or differentiable; properties of analytic functions including the Cauchy-Riemann equations; harmonic functions and finding harmonic conjugates; and curves orthogonal to families of curves.

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Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

Tools of Theoretical of Physics (PH 608), 2017


Home Assignment 2
R.R.Puri

1. Write the function f (z) = z 3 + 2z 2 + 3z + 4 in the form u + iv.

2. Express the function f (z) = x2 y 2 2x + i(2y 2xy) in terms of z


and z .
3. f (x + iy) = u + iv is an analytic function with u = 2xy + y/(x2 + y 2 )
and v = x2 y 2 + x/(x2 + y 2 ). Express f in terms of z.
4. Let f (z) be defined as follows:
z 2
f (z) = when z 6= 0, f (0) = 0. (1)
z
Find whether f 0 (z) exist at z = 0.
5. Let f (z) = x2 /2 + xy + i(2y x2 /2). Find the values of z at which
f (z) is differentiable and the domain of its analyticity. Write f (z) in
terms of z.
6. Let f (z) = x3 + i{(1 y)3 + 12y}. For what values of z does df (z)/dz
exist? For what values of z is f (z) analytic?
7. If f (z) is analytic at z = z0 show that it must be continuous at z = z0 .
8. Let F (z) be a function of z. Show that, if z = x + iy, then
 
dF 1 F F
= i , (2)
dz 2 x y
and if z = r exp(i) then
 
dF exp(i) F i F
= . (3)
dz 2 r r

9. Show that
sin() cos()
ux = ur cos() u , uy = ur sin() + u ,
r r
1 1
uxx + uyy = urr + ur + 2 u . (4)
r r

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10. Show that if f (z) = u(r, ) + iv(r, ) is differentiable at z = z0 =
r0 exp(i0 ) then df (z)/dz at z = z0 can be written as

df (z)
= exp(i0 )(ur + ivr )
dz
i
= exp(i0 )(ur u )
r
v
= exp(i0 )( + ivr )
r
1
= (v iu ). (5)
z0
where ur , u are evaluated at (r0 , 0 ).

11. Show that f (z) = sin(x)cosh(y) + i cos(x)sinh(y) is an entire function.

12. Let a function f (z) be analytic in certain domain D. Show that f (z)
is constant if (a) f (z) is real valued for all z in D; (b) f (z) is also
analytic in D; (c) |f (z)| is constant in D.

13. If f (z) = u(x, y) + iv(x, y) as well as g(z) = v(x, y) + iu(x, y) are


analytic in common domain D then show that u(x, y) and v(x, y) must
be constant throughout D.

14. If f (z) = u(x, y) + iv(x, y) is analytic in a domain D then show


that, in that domain, (i) f (z) is independent of z , (ii) 2 u/z z =
2 v/z z = 0, (iii) u, v can be expressed as u = (f (z) + f (z))/2,
v = (f (z) f (z))/2i.

15. Show that u(x, y) = y/(x2 + y 2 ) is harmonic. Find its harmonic con-
jugate.
p
16. Show that u = log( x2 + y 2 ) is harmonic. Find its harmonic conju-
gate.

17. Let f (z) = u + iv be analytic. It is given that v = y/(x2 + y 2 ). Find


u.

18. Let f (z) = u(r, ) + iv(r, ) be analytic where v(r, ) = r2 cos(2)


r cos() + 2. Find u(r, ) and f (z) in terms of z.

19. Show that u = x2 y 2 as well as v = y/(x2 + y 2 ) satisfy Laplaces


equation but u + iv is not analytic.

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20. Find the family of curves orthogonal to the family x3 y xy 3 = c
constituted by different values of the constant c.

21. Find the family of curves orthogonal to the family r2 cos(2) = c.

22. Let f (z) = u(x, y) + iv(x, y). Prove that (a) f (z) = 2u(z/2, iz/2) +
constant, (b)f(z)=2iv(z/2,-iz/2)+constant.

23. Find the analytic function f (z) such that Re[df (z)/dz] = 3x2 4y3y 2
and f (1 + i) = 0.

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