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Solutions For Math 311 Assignment #4

The document provides solutions to 6 problems regarding complex analysis: 1) It proves that if a function f(z) is continuous at z0, then |f(z)| is also continuous at z0. 2) It shows that the function f(z) = z^3/z^2 is continuous everywhere but not differentiable at 0. 3) It proves that the function f(z) from problem 2 is nowhere differentiable on C. 4) It finds the derivatives of several functions. 5) It proves a version of L'Hospital's rule for complex functions. 6) It shows that if f(z) satisfies the Cauchy-Riemann equations at

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Solutions For Math 311 Assignment #4

The document provides solutions to 6 problems regarding complex analysis: 1) It proves that if a function f(z) is continuous at z0, then |f(z)| is also continuous at z0. 2) It shows that the function f(z) = z^3/z^2 is continuous everywhere but not differentiable at 0. 3) It proves that the function f(z) from problem 2 is nowhere differentiable on C. 4) It finds the derivatives of several functions. 5) It proves a version of L'Hospital's rule for complex functions. 6) It shows that if f(z) satisfies the Cauchy-Riemann equations at

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Solutions for Math 311 Assignment #4

(1) Show that if f (z) is continuous at z0 , so is |f (z)|.

Proof. Let f (z) = u(x, y) + iv(x, y). Since f (z) is continuous


at z0 = x0 + y0 i, u(x, y) and v(x, y) are continuous at (x0 , y0 ).
Therefore, (u(x, y))2 + (v(x, y))2 is continuous at (x0 , y0 ) since
the sums and products ofpcontinuous functions are continuous.
It follows that |f (z)| = (u(x, y))2 + (v(x, y))2 is continuous
at z0 since the compositions of continuous functions are contin-
uous. 

(2) Let (
z 3 /z 2 if z 6= 0
f (z) =
0 if z = 0
Show that
(a) f (z) is continuous everywhere on C;
(b) the complex derivative f 0 (0) does not exist.

Proof. Since both z 3 and z 2 are continuous on C∗ = C\{0} and


z 2 6= 0, f (z) = z 3 /z 2 is continuous on C∗ .
At z = 0, we have
3
z
lim |f (z)| = lim 2 = lim |z| = 0
z→0 z→0 z z→0

and hence limz→0 f (z) = 0 = f (0). So f is also continuous at 0


and hence continuous everywhere on C.
The complex derivative f 0 (0), if exists, is given by
f (z) − f (0) z3
lim = lim 3 .
z→0 z−0 z→0 z

Let z = x + yi. If y = 0 and x → 0, then


z3 x3
lim = lim = 1.
z=x→0 z 3 x→0 x3

On the other hand, if x = 0 and y → 0, then


z3 (−yi)3
lim = lim = −1.
z=yi→0 z 3 x→0 (yi)3

So the limit limz→0 z 3 /z 3 and hence f 0 (0) do not exist. 

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2

(3) Show that f (z) in (2) is actually nowhere differentiable, i.e., the
complex derivative f 0 (z) does not exist for any z ∈ C.

Proof. It suffices to show that C-R equations fail at every z 6= 0:


∂ z3
   
∂ ∂ ∂
+i f (z) = +i
∂x ∂y ∂x ∂y z 2
 3
∂ z3
 
∂ z
= +i
∂x z 2 ∂y z 2
 2
2z 3 3iz 2 2iz 3
  
3z
= − 3 +i − 2 − 3
z2 z z z
2
6z
= 2 6= 0
z
for z 6= 0. 

(4) Find f 0 (z) when


(a) f (z) = z 2 − 4z + 2;
(b) f (z) = (1 − z 2 )4 ;
z+1 1
(c) f (z) = (z 6= − );
2z + 1 2
1/z
(d) f (z) = e (z 6= 0).
Answer. (a) 2z − 4 (b) −8(1 − z 2 )3 z (c) −1/(2z + 1)2 (d)
−e1/z /z 2

(5) Prove the following version of complex L’Hospital: Let f (z)


and g(z) be two complex functions defined on |z − z0 | < r for
some r > 0. Suppose that f (z0 ) = g(z0 ) = 0, f (z) and g(z) are
differentiable at z0 and g 0 (z0 ) 6= 0. Then
f (z) f 0 (z0 )
lim = 0
z→z0 g(z) g (z0 )
Proof. Since f (z) and g(z) are differentiable at z0 , we have
f (z) − f (z0 )
lim = f 0 (z0 )
z→z0 z − z0
and
g(z) − g(z0 )
lim = g 0 (z0 ).
z→z0 z − z0
3

And since g 0 (z0 ) 6= 0,


f (z) − f (z0 ) limz→z0 (f (z) − f (z0 ))/(z − z0 )
lim =
z→z0 g(z) − g(z0 ) limz→z0 (g(z) − g(z0 ))/(z − z0 )
f 0 (z0 )
= 0 .
g (z0 )
Finally, since f (z0 ) = g(z0 ) = 0,
f (z) f 0 (z0 )
lim = 0 .
z→z0 g(z) g (z0 )


(6) Show that if f (z) satisfies the Cauchy-Riemann equations at z0 ,


so does (f (z))n for every positive integer n.

Proof. Since f (z) satisfies the Cauchy-Riemann equations at z0 ,


 
∂ ∂
+i f (z) = 0
∂x ∂y
at z0 . Therefore,
 
∂ ∂ ∂ ∂
+i (f (z))n = (f (z))n + i (f (z))n
∂x ∂y ∂x ∂y
∂ ∂
= (f (z))n−1 f (z) + i(f (z))n−1 f (z)
∂x ∂y
 
∂ ∂
= (f (z))n−1 +i f (z) = 0
∂x ∂y
at z0 . 

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