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This document contains the details of Assignment #1 for the course PHYS 2124 Mathematical Methods in Physics (I). It includes 6 problems covering various topics: 1) Finding complex expressions in x + iy form. 2) Finding the disk of convergence for complex power series. 3) Showing identities involving trigonometric and hyperbolic functions. 4) Using a known series to evaluate another series and proving an identity involving cosine terms. 5) Verifying an identity from quantum theory and expressing another in terms of a hyperbolic function. 6) Proving identities involving the real part and absolute value of complex numbers.

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Assignment 1

This document contains the details of Assignment #1 for the course PHYS 2124 Mathematical Methods in Physics (I). It includes 6 problems covering various topics: 1) Finding complex expressions in x + iy form. 2) Finding the disk of convergence for complex power series. 3) Showing identities involving trigonometric and hyperbolic functions. 4) Using a known series to evaluate another series and proving an identity involving cosine terms. 5) Verifying an identity from quantum theory and expressing another in terms of a hyperbolic function. 6) Proving identities involving the real part and absolute value of complex numbers.

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Assignment #1 PHYS 2124 Mathematical Methods in Physics ( I): Due: Feb.

18 2014

Problem 1
Find each of the following in x + iy form. (4pt each)
1+i
(a) sin(i ln i) (b) eiπ/4+(ln 2)/2 (c) cosh(2πi) (d) (−1)sin i (e) ln( 1−i )

Problem 2
Find the disk of convergence for each of the following complex power series.(5pt each)
∞ ∞
X (z − i)n X
(a) (b) n(n + 1)(z − 2i)n
n=1
n n=0

Problem 3
Show that (5pt each)
p 1 1+z
(a) sin−1 z = −i ln(iz ± 1 − z2) (b) tanh−1 z = ln( )
2 1−z

Problem 4
P∞ (1+iπ)n
(a) (10pt) Use a series you know to show that n=0 n! = −e.
(b) (10pt) Prove that
sin 2nθ
cos θ + cos 3θ + cos 5θ + ... + cos(2n − 1)θ =
2 sin θ

Problem 5
(a) (10pt) We often encounter the following identity in the quantum theory of the photoionisation.
Verify the identity.
ia − 1 ib −1
( ) = e−2b cot a
ia + 1
(b) (10pt) For real numbers a and b, express your answer in terms of a hyperbolic function:
(a + bi)2 eb − (a − bi)2 e−b 2
| |
4abie−ia

Problem 6
(a) (10pt) Given that z1 z2 6= 0, use the exponential forms of z1 and z2 to prove that

Re(z1 z2∗ ) = |z1 ||z2 |

if and only if θ1 − θ2 = 2nπ θ ∈ Z where θ1,2 = arg(z1,2 ).


(b) (10pt) Then, using the result of the part (a), show that

|z1 + z2 | = |z1 | + |z2 |

if and only if θ1 − θ2 = 2nπ θ ∈ Z where θ1,2 = arg(z1,2 ).


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