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Midterm 2 Solutions

Question 1(a)

Write z=x+iy. Then |exp(-z)| = |exp(-x-iy)| = e^(-y). This is less than 1 (which is e^0) if and only if -y < 0, i.e., y > 0. Therefore, the answer is all complex numbers whose imaginary part is greater than zero.

Question 1(b)

                       iz   -iz  2       iz    -iz   2
      2       2      (e  - e   )       (e   + e   )
   sin z + cos z  =  (---------)    +  (----------)
                     (    2i   )       (    2     )
   
   
                      2iz      0     -2iz       2iz      0    -2iz
                     e    - 2 e   + e          e    + 2 e  + e
                  =  --------------------   +  -------------------
                              -4                       4
   
   
                        2iz        -2iz     2iz        -2iz
                     - e    + 2 - e     +  e    + 2 + e
                  =  -------------------------------------
                                        4
   
   
                  = 4/4  = 1

Question 2(a)

Log(1-i) = ln |1-i| + i Arg(1-i) = ln(sqrt(2)) + i(-pi/4) = 1/2 ln 2 - i pi/4.

log_(0,2pi)(1-i) = ln |1-i| + i arg_(0,2pi)(1-i) = 1/2 ln 2 + i 7pi/4.

Question 2(b)

1^i = exp(i log 1) = exp[i (ln 1 + i arg 1)] = exp[i (0 + i 2npi)] = e^(-2npi).

So, the values of 1^i are e^(-2npi) where n is an integer.

The principal value is exp[i (ln 1 + i Arg 1)] = exp[i(0 + i0)] = e^0 = 1.

Question 2(c)

The values of z^w are exp(w log z) = exp[w (Log z + 2npii] = exp[(w Log z) + (w 2 n pii)] = exp[(w Log z)] exp(2npii w) where n is an arbitrary integer.

In order for this to be single-valued, it must have the same value regardless of what n is. That means exp(2npii w) must have the same value it does when n=0, namely exp(0) = 1. So we need to have exp(2 npii w) = 1 for all integers n. As exp(2 n pii w) = exp(2 pii w)^n, this is the same as saying that exp(2 pii w) = 1.

The only complex numbers whose exponential is 1 are integral multiples of 2pii, so 2 pii w must be an integral multiple of 2 pii, which means that w must be an integer.

If you are uncomfortable with this line of reasoning, just write w = x+iy and observe that exp(2 pii w) = exp(2 pii x - 2 piy) = e^(-2 piy) (cos(2 pix) + i sin(2pix)). This is 1 if and only if y=0, cos(2pix) = 1, and sin(2pix) = 0, which implies that y is zero and x is an integer.

Question 3(a)

Parametrize C by z(t) = e^(it), 0 <=t <=2pi. Then z'(t) = ie^(it)dt, so

   /        _       /2 pi     it     -it      it
   |  |z| + z  dz = |     ( |e  | + e    ) i e   dt 
   /C               /0
   
   
                    /2 pi      -it     it
                  = |    (1 + e   ) i e   dt
                    /0
   
                    /2 pi    it  
                  = |    (i e   + i) dt
                    /0
   
   
                     it         |2 pi
                  = e    + i t  |
                                |0
   
                  = 1 + 2 pi i - (1 + 0)
   
                  = 2 pi i.

You can do this question even more simply by noting that |z|=1 on C and plugging in |z|=1 right from the start.

Question 3(b)

Recall that |e^(x+iy)| = e^x when x and y are real. Therefore, |exp(i Logz)| = |exp[i(ln |z| + i Arg z)]| = |exp( - Arg z + i ln |z|) | = e^(-Arg z) which lies between e^(-pi) and e^(pi) because -pi< Arg z <= pi by the definition of principal argument.

Therefore, |exp(i Logz)| <= e^(pi) for all z, and so

   | /                    |       pi                     pi
   | |  exp (i Log z) dz  |  <= (e  )(length of C)  = 2 e .
   | /C                   |

Question 4(a)

C can be parametrized by x(t) = t, y(t) = t^2, 1 <= t <= 2. Then z(t) = t + t^2 i and z'(t) = 1 + 2ti, so

   /            /2     2
   |  xyi  dz = |   t t  i  (1 + 2ti) dt
   /C           /1
   
   
                /2   3       4
              = |   t i - 2 t   dt
                /1
   
                 4        5  |2
                t       2t   |
             =  -- i -  ---  |
                4        5   |1
   
   
                4             5         4           5
             = 2  i / 4 -  2 2  / 5  - 1  i/ 4 + 2 1  /5
   
             = 16 i/4  - 64/5  - i/4 + 2/5
   
             = -62/5 + (15/4) i.

Question 4(b)

C starts at 1+1^2i = 1 + i and ends at 2 + 2^2 i = 2 + 4i. The integrand z + e^z is the derivative of z^2 + e^z. Therefore, by the fundamental theorem of calculus for contour integrals, the integral is

    2    z |2+4i           2    2+4i        2    1+i
   z  + e  |       = (2+4i)  + e     - (1+i)  - e
           |1+i
                                    2+4i                 1+i
                   = 4 + 16i - 16 + e     - 1 - 2i + 1 - e
   
                                  2+4i    1+i
                    = -12 + 14i + e     - e.
   

Question 5(a)

By Cauchy's integral formula,

   
            1     /  f(z)             1            1
   f(0) = ------  | ------  dz  =  ------  i  =  ---- .
          2 pi i  /C z - 0         2 pi i        2 pi
   

Question 5(b)

The integrand is analytic everywhere except at z=-2i, which is outside the curve C. So the integrand is analytic everywhere on and inside the closed contour C, and therefore by the Cauchy-Goursat Theorem the integral is zero.



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