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Practice Problems Exam 1, Spring 2018: Problem (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) Problem (A) (B)

This document contains practice problems for Exam 1 of an 18.04 complex variables course in Spring 2018. It includes 12 problems testing various concepts: complex arithmetic, functions, mappings, analytic functions, line integrals, Liouville's theorem, the Cauchy integral formula, and Morera's theorem. The problems cover topics like finding real and imaginary parts, solving equations, analyticity, simply connected regions, and evaluating line integrals over circles and squares.

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Practice Problems Exam 1, Spring 2018: Problem (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) Problem (A) (B)

This document contains practice problems for Exam 1 of an 18.04 complex variables course in Spring 2018. It includes 12 problems testing various concepts: complex arithmetic, functions, mappings, analytic functions, line integrals, Liouville's theorem, the Cauchy integral formula, and Morera's theorem. The problems cover topics like finding real and imaginary parts, solving equations, analyticity, simply connected regions, and evaluating line integrals over circles and squares.

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18.

04 Practice problems exam 1, Spring 2018


Problem 1. Complex arithmetic
�+2
(a) Find the real and imaginary part of .
�−1
(b) Solve �4 − � = 0.
√√
(c) Find all possible values of �.
(d) Express cos(4�) in terms of cos(�) and sin(�).
(e) When does equality hold in the triangle inequality |�1 + �2 | ≤ |�1 | + |�2 |?
(f) Draw a picture illustrating the polar coordinates of � and 1∕�.

Problem 2. Functions
(a) Show that sinh(�) = −� sin(��).
(b) Give the real and imaginary part of cos(�) in terms of � and � using regular and hyperbolic sin
and cos.
(c) Is it true that |�� | = |�||�| ?

Problem 3. Mappings
(a) Show that the function � (�) = �−�
�+�
maps the upper half plane to the unit disk.
(i) Show it maps the real axis to the unit circle.
(ii) Show it maps � to 0.
(iii) Conclude that the upper half plane is mapped to the unit disk.
�+2
(b) Show that the function � (�) = maps the unit circle to the line � = −1∕2.
�−1
Problem 4. Analytic functions
(a) Show that � (�) = e� is analytic using the Cauchy Riemann equations.
(b) Show that � (�) = � is not analytic.
(c) Give a region in the �-plane for which � = �3 is a one-to-one map onto the entire �-plane.
(d) Choose a branch of �1∕3 and a region of the �-plane where this branch is analytic. Do this so
that the image under �1∕3 is contained in your region from part (c).

Problem 5. Line integrals


(a) Compute � ��, where � is the unit square.
∫�
1
(b) Compute ��, where � is the unit circle.
∫� |�|

(c) Compute � cos(�2 ) ��, where � is the unit circle.


∫�
(d) Draw the region � − {� + � sin(�) for � ≥ 0}. Is this region simply connected? Could you define
a branch of log on this region?
�2
(e) Compute ∫� �4 −1
over the circle of radius 3 with center 0.
e�
(f) Does �� = 0?. Here � is a simple closed curve.
∫� �2

1
18.04 Practice problems exam 1, Spring 2018 2

∞
1
(g) Compute ��.
∫−∞ �4 + 16
Problem 6.
Suppose � (�) is entire and |� (�)| > 1 for all �. Show that � is a constant.

Problem 7.
Suppose � (�) is analytic and |� | is constant on the disk |� − �0 | ≤ �. Show that � is constant on the
disk.

Extra problems from pset 4


Problem 8. (a) Let � (�) = ecos(�) �2 . Let � be the disk |� − 5| ≤ 2. Show that � (�) attains both its
maximum and minimum modulus in � on the circle |� − 5| = 2.
Hint: Consider 1∕� (�).
(b) Suppose � (�) is entire. Show that if � (4) (�) is bounded in the whole plane then � (�) is a
polynomial of degree at most 4.
(c) The function � (�) = 1∕�2 goes to 0 as � → ∞, but it is not constant. Does this contradict
Liouville’s theorem?

Problem�9.
Show ecos � cos(sin(�)) �� = �. Hint, consider e� ∕� over the unit circle.
∫0
Problem 10.
(a) Suppose � (�) is analytic on a simply connected region � and � is a simple closed curve in �..
Fix �0 in �, but not on �. Use the Cauchy integral formulas to show that
� ′ (�) � (�)
�� = ��.
∫� � − � 0 ∫� (� − �0 )2

(b) Challenge: Redo part (a), but drop the assumption that � is simply connected.

Problem 11.
cos(�)
(a) Compute ��, where � is the unit circle.
∫��
sin(�)
(b) Compute ��, where � is the unit circle.
∫� �
�2
(c) Compute ��, where � is the circle |�| = 2.
∫� � − 1
e�
(d) Compute ��, where � is the circle |�| = 1.
∫� �2
�2 − 1
(e) Compute ��, where � is the circle |�| = 2.
∫� �2 + 1
1
(f) Compute �� where � is the circle |�| = 2.
∫� �2 + � + 1
Problem 12.
� (�)
Suppose � (�) is entire and lim = 0. Show that � (�) is constant.
�→∞ �
18.04 Practice problems exam 1, Spring 2018 3

You may use Morera’s theorem: if �(�) is analytic on � − {�0 } and continuous on �, then � is
analytic on �.
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