SOLUTION TEST-1

MA201 (2020)

 
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(1) Let z and w be two non-zero complex numbers. Then 
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(a) Im(z) > 0 and Im(w) > 0
(b) Im(z) > 0 and Im(w) < 0
(c) Im(z) < 0 and Im(w) < 0
(d) Im(z) < 0 and Im(w) > 0.

Answer: (a), (c)

 
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(2) Let a ∈ C. Let b be a complex number such that 0 < |b| < |a| and Arg(b) is fixed, then which of
the following statement(s)
  is (are) true?
a+b
(a) lim Re = 0 if Arg(b) 6= Arg(a)
|b|→|a|
a − b
a+b
(b) lim Re = 1 if Arg(a) = 0
|b|→|a|
a − b
a+b
(c) lim Re = ∞ if Arg(b) = Arg(a)
|b|→|a|
a − b
a+b
(d) lim Re = 2|a|.
|b|→|a| a−b
Answer: (a), (c)
|a|2 − |b|2 + 2iIm(bā) |a2 | − |b|2
 
a+b a+b
Hint: = ⇒ Re = .
a−b |a|2 − 2Re(ab̄) + 2
 |b|  a−b |a − b|2
a+b R2 − r 2
If a = Reiθ , b = reiφ then Re = 2 .
a−b R + r2 − 2Rr cos(θ − φ)

(3) Let f : C → C be a function defined by


 z(Re(z) − 1)
if z 6= 1
f (z) =
 0 z−1 if z = 1

then f is
(a) continuous but not differentiable at z = 1
(b) not continuous at z = 1
(c) differentiable but not analytic at z = 1
(d) analytic at z = 1.
Answer: (b)
Hint: The limit along path I (x = 1, y → 0) and path II (x → 0, y = 0) are different.

(4) Let S = {z = x + iy ∈ C : 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, y = n1 , n ∈ N} and T = {z ∈ C : z 2 + z̄ + |z| − i = 0}. Then

(a) S is open and T is closed
(b) both S and T are open
(c) S is closed and T is open
(d) T is closed.
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Hint: Let f (z) = z 2 + z̄ + |z| − i. Since f is continuous f −1 ({0}) is a closed set.
(5) If f : C → C \ {0} be a function such that Re(f ) and Im(f ) has continuous partial derivatives on
C. If f 2 is an entire function, then
(a) f is entire
(b) f¯ is entire
(c) f is continuous but not differentiable
(d) f is neither differentiable nor continuous.
Answer: (a)
Hint: If f = u + iv then f 2 = u2 − v 2 + 2iuv. If we set Ref 2 = U and Imf 2 = V then by C-R
equations Ux = Vy Uy = −Vx we get
(0.1) uux − vvx = uy v + uvy

(0.2) uuy − vvy = −ux v − ux v.

After simplifying (0.1) × v + (0.2) × u and (0.1) × u + (0.2) × v we will get ux = vy and uy = −vx .
This implies that f is analytic on C and hence entire.

(6) If f = u + iv is an entire function such that ux vy − uy vx + 1 = 2ux , then

(a) |f (z)| = 1 for all z ∈ C
(b) |f 0 (z)| = 1 for all z ∈ C
(c) f 0 (z) = 0 for all z ∈ C
(d) f 00 (z) = 0 for all z ∈ C.
Answer: (b), (d)

Hint: If we use C-R equations in the given equation we will get |f 0 (z) − 1| = 0. This also
00
implies that f = 0

(7) If S = {x cos( y1 ) + ix sin( y1 ) : 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 and 0 < y < 1}, then

(a) S is a compact
(b) S is closed but not compact
(c) S is bounded but not closed
(d) S is neither closed nor compact.
Answer: (a)

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(8) Let S = { n1 e m : n, m ∈ N}. If ∂S denotes the set of all boundary points of S and S 0 denotes the
set all of limits points of S, then
(a) ∂S is a non-empty proper subset of S 0
(b) S 0 = ∂S
(c) S is a subset of S 0 ∩ ∂S
(d) S 0 is a non-empty proper subset of ∂S.
Answer: (d)

Hint: S 0 = { n1 : n ∈ N} ∪ {0} and ∂S = S ∪ S 0