National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Department of Mathematics
Int. MSc (Spring), Academic Year 2016–17
End-Semester Examination
Course: MA 204 (Introduction to Complex Analysis) Time: 3 hours Full marks: 50

Instructions:Answer all questions. All parts of a question should be answered at one place.

1. Let G be an open and connected subset of C and f : G → C is differentiable with

′
f (z) = 0 for all z in G then show that f is constant. [5]

2. Let f be an entire function and suppose there is a constant M , an R > 0 and an

integer n ≥ 1 such that |f (z)| ≤ M |z|n for |z| > R, then show that f is a polynomial
of degree ≤ n. [5]

3. Let G be a region and let f and g be analytic functions on G such that f (z)g(z) = 0
for all z in G, then show that either f ≡ 0 or g ≡ 0. [5]

4. If γ : [0, 1] → C is a closed rectifiable curve and the point a is not in the path of γ
then show that ∫
1 dz
2πi γ z−a
is an integer. [5]

5. State and prove Morera’s theorem. [5]

6. Show that (without using Cauchys’s integral formula) [5]

∫ 2π
eis
ds = 2π if |z| < 1
0 eis − z

7. Evaluate the following improper integral by the method of residues: [5]

∫ ∞
dx
, a>0
0 (x + a2 )2
2

8. Show that for a > 0, [5]

∫ π
2 dθ π
2 = √
0 a + sin θ 2 a(a + 1)
9. Find the isolated singularities and compute the residue of the function
3z
(i) z 2 +iz+2
, (ii) cot πz. [5]

−2z+3
10. Find all Taylor and Laurent series of f (z) = z 2 −3z+2
about the point z = 0. [5]

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