Math 381, Complex variables and transforms

Assignment 1, due in the tutorial session, week of September 19, 2016

1. Compute the modulus of
(1 i)n
(2 + 2i)n

where n is a positive integer.

2. Find all the values of (1 + i)2/3 .
3. Prove that for all z1 , z2 C, we have
|z1 z2 | |z1 | |z2 | .
4. Show that

n1
X

cos

k=1

2k

= 1.
n

Hint: Consider the n complex roots of the polynomial z n 1. Show that the sum of these roots
equals zero.
5. Show that the function
f (z) =

e2x

1
cos 2y + ie2x sin 2y

where z = x + iy, is entire, that is analytic in all of C. Obtain an explicit expression for the
derivative of this function. Compute its derivative at the point z0 = 1 + i 4 .
6. Let z = x + iy, and consider the function
f = z2 + (

z + z
z z
1)2 + i(
1)2 .
2
2i

Where in C does this function have a derivative? Where is it analytic?