COMPLEX VARIABLES: HOMEWORK 5

(1) Compute the following residues



1
(a) Resz=2i
z(1 ez )

(b) Resz=3 (cot(z))

(2) Assume that f (z) is a holomorphic function on a punctured domain D\{a} (here D 
C is an

f 0 (z)
.
open set and a D), and that f (z) has a pole of order n 1 at a. Compute Resz=a
f (z)
(3) Compute the following integrals, after making the substitution z = ei
Z

1
d where 0 < p < 1 is a fixed real number.
1 2p cos() + p2

cos2 (3)
d where 0 < p < 1 is a fixed real number.
1 2p cos(2) + p2

(a)
0

Z
(b)
0

1
d where a > b > 0 are two fixed real numbers.
2
(a
+
b
cos())
0
Z 2
(d) (Bonus)
ecos() cos(n sin()) d where n is a fixed positive integer.
(c)

 
1
has an essential singularity at z = 0.
(4) Prove that sin
z
(5) Let f (z) be a (nonconstant) holomorphic function on a nonempty open set D C. Let
be a simple
curve such that Int() D. For a fixed complex number A C, prove
Z closed
f 0 (z)
1
that
dz equals number of solutions of f (z) = A which lie within . (The
2i f (z) A
solutions are to be counted with multiplicity. For instance, 0 is a solution, counted twice, of
z 2 (1 + z) = 0. The multiplicity is defined as follows: z = a is a solution of f (z) = A with
multiplicity m 1 if f (a) = A, f 0 (a) = 0, , f (m1) (a) = 0 but f (m) (a) 6= 0.)
(6) Recall that we had the following formulae for adding geometric series:

zn =

n=0

1
1z

and

z n =

n=1

z 1
1
=
1
1z
z1

Find the mistake in the following computation

X
n=

zn =

X
n=0

zn +

X
n=1

z n =

1
1
+
=0
1z
z1