APMA 4204: Functions of a Complex Variable

Final Exam (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)

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This is only a sample exam!

No calculators are allowed in this exam. No cheating sheets are allowed in

this exam. For each problem in the exam, please try to write down every
major step of your reasoning/calculation. Please try to keep your exam clean.
Problem 1 (5 points). Does the following series converge? Explain why.
∞
X
e−nz , 1/2 < Re(z) < 1.
n=1
 ∞
X k4
Problem 2 (5 points). Let f (z) = z k . Evaluate
4k
k=0
Z
f (z)
3
dz.
|z|=1 z
Problem 3 (10 points). Let f (z) = u(x, y) + iv(x, y) be analytic with its
imaginary part given by
v(x, y) = cos xey
Write f (z) as a function of z.
Problem 4 (10 points). Let f (z) and g(z) be analytic inside and on a simple
closed contour C. Prove that f (z) = g(z) on C, then f (z) = g(z) for all z
enclosed in C.
Problem 5 (10 points). Find the first 3 terms of the Laurent series of the
function:
e1/z
f (z) = 2 , |z| > 1.
z −1
Problem 6 (10 points). Evaluate the integral
Z
f (z) = z 2 dz.
C

with C being the square with bottom left and top right corners at −1 − i
and 1 + i respectively.
Problem 7 (10 points). Evaluate the integral
Z ∞
1
2
dx
−∞ x + 1

using tools from complex integration.

Problem 8 (10 points). Let f be analytic inside and on a circle of radius R
centered at z0 . Assume that |f (z)| ≤ M for all z on the circle. Prove that
n!M
|f (n) (z0 )| ≤ , n = 1, 2, 3, · · ·
Rn