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Practice Problems For Final Exam, Spring 2018 Solutions: Problem

The document provides solutions to practice problems for a final exam in complex variables. Problem 1 asks about which functions are meromorphic in the whole plane and gives explanations for each answer. Problem 2 involves using the argument principle to compute a contour integral and applying Rouche's theorem to find the number of roots of a polynomial in the unit disk. Problem 3 asks to show that the sine function maps one region conformally onto another region.

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Practice Problems For Final Exam, Spring 2018 Solutions: Problem

The document provides solutions to practice problems for a final exam in complex variables. Problem 1 asks about which functions are meromorphic in the whole plane and gives explanations for each answer. Problem 2 involves using the argument principle to compute a contour integral and applying Rouche's theorem to find the number of roots of a polynomial in the unit disk. Problem 3 asks to show that the sine function maps one region conformally onto another region.

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18.

04 Practice problems for final exam, Spring 2018 Solutions


On the final exam you will be given a copy of the Laplace table posted with these problems.

Problem 1.
Which of the following are meromporphic in the whole plane.
(a) �5
(b) �5∕2
(c) e1∕�
(d) 1∕ sin(�).
answers: Meromorphic means analytic except for poles of finite order.
(a) Yes, this is entire.
(b) No, this requires a branch cut in the plane to define a region where it’s analytic.
(c) No, the singularity at � = 0 is an essential singularity, not a finite pole.
(d) Yes, sin(�) has simple zeros at �� for all integers �. So 1∕ sin(�) has simple poles at these points.

Problem 2.
(� − 2)2 �3 � ′ (�)
(a) Let � (�) = . Compute ��
(� + 5)3 (� + 1)3 (� − 1)4 ∫|�|=3 � (�)
(b) Find the number of roots of �(�) = 6�4 + �3 − 2�2 + � − 1 = 0 in the unit disk.
(c) Suppose � (�) is analytic on and inside the unit circle. Suppose also that |� (�)| < 1 for |�| = 1.
Show that � (�) has exactly one fixed point � (�0 ) = �0 inside the unit circle.
(d) True or false: Suppose � (�) is analytic on and inside a simple closed curve �. If � has � zeros
inside � then � ′ (�) has � − 1 zeros inside �.
�′
answers: (a) By the argument principle the �� = 2��(�� ,� − �� ,� . In this case, the zeros of
∫� �
� inside � are 2, 0 of order 2 and 3 respectively. The poles inside � are −1 and 1 of order 3 and 4
respectively. So, the integral equals
2��(2 + 3 − 3 − 4) = −4��.

(b) On the unit circle |�3 − 2�2 + � − 1| < 5 and |6�4 | = 6. Therefore by Rouche’s theorem the
number of zeros of �(�) inside the unit circle is equal to the number of zeros of 6�4 , i.e. 4.
(c) Let �(�) = � (�) − �. We want to show � has exactly one root inside the unit circle. We know
|� (�)| < | − �| = 1 on the unit circle. So by Rouche’s theorem �(�) and −� have the same number
of zeros in the unit disk. That is, they both have exactly one such zero. QED.
(d) False. Consider � (�) = e� − 1. This has 3 zeros inside the circle |�| = 3� (0, ±2�). But
� ′ (�) = e� has no zeros.

Problem 3.
Let � = {�| 0 ≤ Re(�) ≤ �∕2, Im(�) ≥ 0.

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18.04 Practice problems for final exam, Spring 2018 Solutions 2

Let � = the first quadrant/


Show that � (�) = sin(�) maps � conformally onto �
answers: (a) You should supply a picture of the regions � and � and develop a picture tracking the
argument we give. We see where � maps the boundary of �. The boundary of � has 3 pieces:
Piece 1: � = ��, with � ≥ 0. On this piece

e−� − e� (e� − e−� )


sin(�) = = �
2� 2
So, the image of piece 1 is the positive imaginary axis.
Piece 2: � = �, with 0 ≤ � ≤ �∕2. On this piece sin(�) = sin(�), so the image runs from 0 to 1
along the real axis.
Piece 3: � = �∕2 + ��, with � ≥ 0. On this piece

e−�+��∕2 − e�−��∕2 (�e−� + �e−� ) e−� + e�


sin(�) = = = = cosh(�).
2� 2� 2
So, the image of piece 3 is the real axis greater than 1.
We have shown that � (�) maps the boundary of � to the boundary of �.
To see that � is mapped to � it’s enough to verify that one point inside � is mapped to a point inside
�. There are lots of ways to do this. Here’s one. We know

e−�+�� − e�−��
sin(� + ��) = .
2�
Pick � = �∕4 and � so large that e−� is very tiny. Then
√ √ √ √
� −�� � 2∕2 − � 2∕2 � 2+� 2
sin(� + ��) ≈ −e e 2� = −e =e
2� 4
This last value is clearly in the first quadrant, i.e inside �.
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18.04 Complex Variables with Applications


Spring 2018

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