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Tutorial 1 (Complex Analysis)

This document outlines the tutorial problems for Mathematics 2B (MATH248) focusing on Complex Analysis, scheduled from July 30 to August 1, 2025. It includes prescribed problems from notes and additional problems involving complex functions, polar coordinates, solutions to equations in complex numbers, and geometric interpretations of inequalities. The document provides answers to each problem, emphasizing the application of complex analysis concepts.

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Tutorial 1 (Complex Analysis)

This document outlines the tutorial problems for Mathematics 2B (MATH248) focusing on Complex Analysis, scheduled from July 30 to August 1, 2025. It includes prescribed problems from notes and additional problems involving complex functions, polar coordinates, solutions to equations in complex numbers, and geometric interpretations of inequalities. The document provides answers to each problem, emphasizing the application of complex analysis concepts.

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MATHEMATICS2B (MATH248) 2025

TUTORIAL 1 : 30 July - 01 August

Complex Analysis

Problems from the Prescribed Notes

Page 21, nos. 1, 3, 4, 6(a), 9

Additional Problems

1. (a) Express f (z) = z 3 + i5z − i8 in the form u + iv where u and v are real functions.
(Ans: u(x, y) = x3 − 3xy 2 − 5y, v(x, y) = 3x2 y − y 3 + 5x − 8)
(b) Consider the function f (z) = z 9 − 4z̄. Show that in polar coordinates (r, ϕ) the real
and imaginary component functions of f are given by u(r, ϕ) = r9 cos 9ϕ − 4r cos ϕ
and v(r, ϕ) = r9 sin 9ϕ + 4r sin ϕ, respectively, so that f (z) = u(r, ϕ) + iv(r, ϕ).

2. Find all values of the following in C.


√
(a) ( 3 − i)300 (Ans: 2300 )
√ √
(b) (−16)1/4 (Ans: ± 2 ± i 2, i.e. 4 solutions)
(c) (−5)π (Ans: 5π (cos(2k + 1)π 2 + i sin(2k + 1)π 2 ), k ∈ Z)
(d) Using only the definition of the complex exponential and log functions, verify that
(−2i)5 = −32i.
6 3 1
√
3
√
3
3. Obtain all solutions to the equation z − z − 2 = 0 in C. (Ans: −1, ± i , 2,
√3

1
√ 
3
2 2
2 −2 ± i 2 )

4. Solve the following in C.


√ 
5π

(a) ez = −1 − i (Ans: ln + 2kπ , k ∈ Z)
2+i 4
√ √
(b) sin z = −i (Ans: 2kπ − i ln(1 + 2) or (π + 2kπ) + i ln(1 + 2), k ∈ Z)

5. Show that the zeroes of cos z are real-valued.

6. Describe geometrically, the following equation/inequality given that a, b, c, y ∈ R and


c > 0.

(a) |z − (a + i b)| = c (Ans: circle centred at (a, b) with radius c)


(b) |z − (a + i b)| < c (Ans: open disc (interior only) centred at (a, b) with radius c)
(c) |z − i| = |z| (Ans: line y = 1/2)

7. Let (x, y ∈ R).


q
Establish that | sin z| = sin2 x + sinh2 y.

8. Calculate the following limits.


z3 − 1 1 z2 − z + 1 − i
(a) lim (Ans: 5
+ i 85 ) (b) lim (Ans: 1 − i 12 )
z→1+i z + i z→1+i z 2 − 2z + 2

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