Complex Analysis Homework 2

Siddiqur Rahman Milon

July 19, 2021

Deadline: July 28 11:59 p.m. (BD time)

Problem 1

Find the radius of convergence of the following power series

∞
X (−1)n
z n(n+1) .
n=1
n

What happens if z = i?

Problem 2

(a) Prove that a holomorphic function f on domain Ω whose derivative vanishes iden-
tically is a constant.

(b) Show that same conclusion holds if

(i) real part is constant.

(ii) imaginary part is constant.

(iii) modulus of f is constant.

(iv) the argument of f is constant.

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Problem 3

Let V be open in C and Γ1 , Γ2 be two piecewise C 1 paths from α ∈ V to β ∈ V . Suppose

the map f : V → C has a primitive in V . Show that
Z Z
f (z) dz = f (z) dz
Γ1 Γ2

Problem 4

Given k ∈ Z and z, w ∈ C satisfying 2kπ < Im z ≤ 2(k + 1)π and 2kπ < Im w ≤
2(k + 1)π. Then ez = ew if and only if z = w.

Problem 5

Define H = {z ∈ C : Im z > 0} as the upper half plane in C and D = {z ∈ C : |z| < 1} as

z−i
the unit disk of C. Consider, the Cayley map, C(z) = z+i . Provide explicit description
of the following sets:

(a) C(R)

(b) C(H)

(c) C −1 (D)

(This exercise will come up several times later in the course).

Problem 6
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(i) f (0) = 0, f (z) = e−z , when z 6= 0.
Prove that the partial derivatives exist at every point (including the origin) and
f satisfies the CR-equations at every point. Then prove that f is not complex
differentiable at the origin.

(ii) Prove that f (z) = ix2 − 2xy − iy 2 + 3x + 3iy + i can be written as a function of
z, and show that f is holomorphic. (z = x + iy)

(iii) Consider the function f (z) = z m (z̄)n for non-negative integers m and n. Is f
holomorphic in any open subset of C.

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Problem 7
R dz
Compute γ z−z 0
, where γ(t) = z0 + reit , 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π and r > 0. Using this conclude
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that z−z 0
doesn’t have a primitive in {z : |z − z0 | < r} (Hint: Use Cauchy’s theorem for
primitive version).

Problem 8

Suppose
R V ⊂ C be open and convex, and f : V → C is a continuous function with
∂T
f (z) dz = 0 for every triangle T ⊂ V . Then show that there exists a function
g : V → C such that g 0 = f in V .

Problem 9

Compute the simplicial homology groups of the triangular parachute obtained from ∆2
(standard 2-simplex) by identifying its three vertices to a single point.

Problem 10

Consider the following ∆-complex structure of T 2 (torus):

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Compute its cellular homology groups of T 2 . Flow the exact procedure that we did for
simplicial homology groups computation. (You can take help from my notes).

Problem 11

Write the number of hours you took to complete this problem set.