DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI

MA201 Mathematics III
Monsoon Semester of Academic Year 2021 - 2022
Mid-Semester Examination-Part 2
Total Time: 45 minutes Total Points: 17 Points

1. [Question 1] The value of the contour integral

Z
z
(2z − 1)e z−1 dz equals
|z|=2

(2 points)

(A) 4eπi (B) 2eπi (C) eπi (D) − 4eπi

2. [Question 2] The value of the integral

Z ∞
x
dx equals
0 ex − e−x

(3 points)

π2 π2 π2 π2
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 16

1−cos z
3. [Question 3] Let f (z) = (ez −1) sin2 z
and C be the positively oriented unit circle. Then the winding

number of f (C) about the origin equals (1 point)

(A) 1 (B) − 1 (C) 2 (D) − 2

4. [Question 4] Let T be a Mobius transformation which maps the real axis onto the unit circle. Further,

if T (2i) = 0, then which of the following statements is/are NOT true ? (3 points)

(A) T has a simple pole at z = −2i.

(B) T (i)T (−i) = 1.

(C) |T (2 + 2i)| = √1 .
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(D) |T (i)| = 12 .

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5. [Question 5] Which of the following statements is/are true ?
(3 points)

(A) There exists exactly one entire function f with the property f ( n1 ) = 1
n2
.

(B) There exists exactly one analytic function f on the open unit disc with the property f (1 − n1 ) =
(1 − n1 )2 .
1 n+1
(C) There does not exist an entire function f with the property f (e n ) = n
.

(D) There does not exist an entire function f with the property |f (z)| ≥ e|z| for all z ∈ C.

6. [Question 6] Let f be an entire function such that |f (1) (z)| < |f (z)|, f (0) = 8 and f (1) (0) = 2, where
∞
f (n) (z) is the n-th derivative of f at z for n ∈ N. Then the value of f (n) (0) is
P
(3 points)
n=1

(A) ∞ (B) 4/3 (C) 2 (D) 8/3

7. [Question 7] Which of the following statements is/are NOT true? (2 points)

π
(A) Image of the set {z = x + iy | x = 8
and − ∞ < y < ∞} under the mapping w =
cos2 (z) − sin2 (z) is a hyperbola with foci at (±1/2, 0).

π
(B) Image of the set {z = x + iy | x = 8
and − ∞ < y < ∞} under the mapping w =
cos2 (z) − sin2 (z) is an ellipse with foci at (±1, 0).

(C) Image of the set {z = x + iy | |x| < π

2
and y = π8 } under the mapping w = cos2 (z) − sin2 (z)
is an ellipse with foci at (±1, 0).

(D) Image of the set {z = x + iy | |x| < π

2
and y = π8 } under the mapping w = cos2 (z) − sin2 (z)
is a hyperbola with foci at (±1, 0).

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