Subject: Math 207 - Differential Equations and Complex Variables

Homework – 4 (Complex Variable - I) Date:

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1. Find all roots in the complex plane.

√
5
√
3
(a) −i (b) 3 + 4i

2. Solve the following equations:

(a) az 2 + bz + c = 0, a 6= 0 (b) z 2 + (2i − 3)z + 5 − i = 0

3. Find the limits:

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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Find all solutions in the complex plane.

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

9. Prove that

(a) cos hz = cos x cos hy − i sin x sin hy (b) | cos z|2 = cos2 x + sin h2 y

10. Find the general power and principal value of:

(a) (−1)i (b) (1 + i)1−2i