Subject: Math 207 - Differential Equations and Complex Variables

Homework – 4 (Complex Variable - I) Date:

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1. Find the limits:

z 3 +8
(a) limz→1+i (z 2 − 5z + 10) (b) limz→2eπi/3 z 4 +4z 2 +16

2. Find out whether f (z) is continuous at z = 0 if f (0) = 0 and for z 6= 0 the function f is
equal to:
(a) [Im (z 2 )]/|z| (b) [Re z 2 ]/|z|2

3. Differentiate:
z 2 −12
(a) z 2 +1
(b) i/(1 − z)2

4. Are the following functions analytic?

(a) f (z) = Im (z 2 ) (c) e2x (cos y + i sin y)
(b) f (z) = 1/(1 − z 4 ) (d) f (z) = ln |z| + i Arg z

5. Are the following functions harmonic? If your answer is yes, find a corresponding analytic
function f (z) = u(x, y) + i v(x, y).
(a) v = (x2 − y 2 )2 (c) u = ln |z|
(b) u = e−x sin 2y (d) v = xy

6. Find all solutions in the complex plane.

(a) ez = −3 (c) ln z = 4 − 3i
(b) cos hz = 1/2