COMPLEX ANALYSIS: HOMEWORK 9

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(1) By integrating around the keyhole contour, show that

Z ∞ −a
x π
dx = 0 < a < 1.
0 1 + x sin(πa)
(2) Show using residue theory that
Z 2π  
cos θ 2
dθ = 2π 1 − √ .
0 2 + cos θ 3
iθ −θ
[Hint: Recall that cos θ = e +e 2 . ]
(3) Suppose m ≥ 2 and a1 < a2 < . . . < am . By integrating around the boundary of
an indented half-disc in the upper half-plane show that
Z ∞
1
PV dx = 0.
−∞ (x − a 1 )(x − a2 ) . . . (x − a3 )

(4) (a) Show that the polynomial z 5 +15z+1 has precisely four zeroes in the annulus
A = {z : 23 < |z| < 2}.
(b) Consider the polynomial z 100 + 8z 10 − 3z 2 + z 2 + z + 1. How many zeroes
does it have in the unit disc (counting multiplicities)?
(c) How many zeroes (counting multiplicities) does the polynomial 3z 9 + 8z 6 +
z 5 + 2z 3 + 1 have in the annulus A = {z : 1 < |z| < 2}?
(5) Show that if m and n are positive integers, then the polynomial
z2 zm
p(z) = 1 + z + + ... + + 3z n
2! m!
has n zeroes (counted with multiplicity) in the unit disc.
(6) Fix a complex number λ such that |λ| < 1. For n ≥ 1, show that (z − 1)n ez − λ
has n zeroes satisfying |z − 1| < 1, and no other zeroes in the right half plane.
Determine the multiplicity of the zeroes.