Complex Variable and Analytic Function Harmonic Functions
Complex Variable and Analytic Function Harmonic Functions
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cn J:., -t ..:.
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2 A TE XT OOOK OF ENGINEE
RIN G MATHEMAT ICS
To rep rc~en t w = fi_z) graph
ically, we take two Ar ga n d d . 3 .
poi nt ;: a nd the · oth
· ,
e r t.o rep res en t w. Th e 1o
r d' iag r ms · on e to reph resent th e
nnd t lw lnt. tcr uov -pl a nc or rm cr · 11
iag ra m 1s ca e d the xoy - plane or t e z-p Ia ne
the w- pla ne .
~ t LIMIT OF f(z)
A fun ction fl z) ten ds to th e y
lim it l as z tends to z
nlnr11( nn_v pn th, if to ea ch 0
po sitive arb itr ary nu mb er £,
ev<' r ~mnll , the re cor respond ho w-
s a po sit ive nu mb er o, su ch
th at
I {Cz) - / I < E wh en ev er
O < I z - z0 I < o
i.e., l - £ </ fa) < l + £
wh ('n<'vcr z - o< z < z +
0 0 6, z -t:- z0
and we wr ite Lt {Cz) = l.
l -+ Zo
0
No te. In rea l var iab les , x X
➔ Xo im pli es tha t x app
J.,f\ or from ri ght . In com ple roa che s x alo ng thE nu mb
x var iab les , z ➔ z im pli es 0 er lin e, eit he r fro m
rnr vrr l, sincC' the two po int 0 tha t z app roa che s z along
s re- pre sen tin g z and z in 0 an y pa th, str aig ht or
nu mh rr of cur ves . 0 a com ple x pla ne can be joi
ne d by an inf ini te
l ;f CO NT IN UI TY OF f(z
.....,. )
A gin gle -va lue d fun cti on
fi..2) is sai d to be co nti nu ou
s at a po int 2 = z if Lt /{z
0 ) = /{z ).
A fun cti on {Cz) is sa id to Z-+ Zo 0
be co nti nu ou s in a reg ion
ev e ry po int of the reg ion R of the 2-p lan e if it is co
. nti nµ ou s at
1 . ➔ , DERIVATIVE OF f(z)
v I .ct w = ft z ) be a sin gle -va
d1ff1•rC'nti a l co-effi cie nt of lue d fun cti on of the va ria ble
z ( = x + iy ), the n the de
w = fi.z) is de fin ed as riv ati ve or
dw _ ., ( ) _ Lt f(z + &)
2 - f( z )
-!dz -& -+ o oz
provi dC' cl the lim it ex ist s,
ind ep en de nt of the ma nn er
in wh ich & ➔ O.
~ - ANALYTIC FUNCTIO
N
If a single -va lue d fun cti on
R. th" n (t.z ) is cal led an an aly /Cz) possesse~ a un iqu e de riv ati ve at evc::ry po int of a reg
tio n of z in R. tic fu nc tio n or a re gu lar ion
fu nc tio n or a ho lom or ph
·
ic fu nc -
A po int wh ere t h e fun cti
on ce ase s to be an aly tic
is cal led a sin gu lar po in
t.
1.7. NECESSARY AND SU
FFICIENT CO ND ITI ON S
FOR f(z) TO BE ANALYT
T ht> necessary an d su fficien t co IC
nd ition s for the fun ction
w = /Yz) = u (x, y) + iv (x, y )
to hr 0 11 0 /y tic in a region R
, a re
au av vu
. t i/ - , :l. , , ; - , -;- are con .
i)u
.Y ' dx r,y ox oy tin uo us fun cti on s of x an d
y ;,, thr re!!ion R.
LEX VARIABLE
FUNCTIONS OF A. COMP
.I ,.,tfOU - ~ ~ = -~ . u at io n s or briefly
ax C au ch y- R ie m an n eq
.)KJ ~x .- dY, ay
'
i The co nd iti on s in (ii}
ar e kn ow n as
_ Rz ) = u( x, y) + iu(x, y) be analytic in a
region
.
J . .
equations. f. (a) Necessary Condition. Le t w - , \
Proo
gion.
un iq ue ly at every po in t of th at re rre-
R, then dw = f t ' and oz be th e co
is ts
'(z ) ex
t' I Le ou ov
in x an d Y re sp ec ive
y.
dz be th e in cr em en ts
Let & and 6y en ,
:m en ts in u, v an d z respectively. Th + iu )
spondi ng in cn + 8 u )+ i( v+ o v) -( u
f( + oz) - z = L t -f( ) (u &
) = Lt z
f '(z 6t-+0 OZ &- +0
•
&) ...
(1)
(Bu+
;
I = Lt i
( 6z 6z pe nd -
it (1 ) m us t ex is t in de
&- +O
J th e re gi on R, th e lim
f{z) is an al yt ic in
Since th e fu nc tio n w· = ev er pa th ox an d Oy
➔ 0.
I g w hi ch
hi ch oz ➔ 0, i.e ., al on
oz=&.
'
en t of th e m an ne r in w lle l to x- ax is so th at 6y = 0 an d
g a lin e pa ra
Fi rs t, le t & ➔ 0 al on ) an d oz_= &c: + iSy]
+ oz = (x + & ) + i(y + oy
[since z = x + iy, z
6u . ou) du . dv ... (2 )
au av an d
au dV
--=-- .
-=- i)y ax
i.e., ax i'Jy R.
i.e., f '(z) ex is ts at ev er y po in t of th e re gi on
(z) is an al yt ic ,
We sh al l show th at f ria bl es , we ha ve , on omit t '1g second an d
two va
By Taylor's theQ rem for fu nc tio ns of
. &c: an d &y.
higher degree te nn a of
{lz + &z) = u(x + ox, y + oy) + iv(x + &x, y + 6y)
= [u(x,y)+(;: 6x.+: )]++(x:y)+(: 6x+: OJ)]
Oy
au .au
= [u(x, y) + iu(x , y)] +
( i)x + l dX J OX+ (au .au)
oy + l oy 6y
=- r -
dU .
+ tr -
au
ar cJr
Equating real and imaginary parts, we get
-
au :.:;. - r au and -
au = r -au
ae i'Jr ae ar
or
au l Vll
- = --- and
au 1 au.
- =- - - which is the polar form of C-H equations.
ar r c)O ar r ae
~ARMONIC FUNCTIONS
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Any solution of the Laplace's equation, a ~2 + cf <I>2 = o is called a harmonic function .
ax oy
Let f(z) = u + iv be analytic in some region of the z-plane, then u and L' t;a lis fy C-R
equations.
-
i)u
=-
av
...( 1)
ax cJy
and
au
- - = --
au
... (2)
i)y ax
Differentiating (1) portially w.r.t. x and (2) w.r.t. y, we get
i)'.!u av 2
... (3)
ax 2 = dXOj'
iJ'lu o2 v
and ey 2 =- ayax ... (4)
2 2
Assuming av = av and adding (3) and (4), we get
oxay oyax
a2
-+
u d2 u
-- 0 ... (5)
ox 2 2 cty -
and
a2 u a2 v ... (7)
axay = - dx 2
Assuming -~-
cf u a2 u
= - - and subtracting (7) from (6), we get
c1yox axay
i) 2 v o2 u
- 2 + -? = 0 ... ( 8)
tlx c)y-
Equations (5) and (8) show that the renl and imaginary parts u and v of an analytic.
funct.ion satisfy the Laplace•s equation.
Hence u and v are-known as harmonic functions.
~~ ORTHOGONAL SYSTEM
Et,cry analytic function {(z) = u. + iv defines two families of curves u(x, y) = c 1 and
l fx, yJ = c2 , which form an orthogonal system.
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