INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INDORE

MA 203 Complex Analysis and Differential Equations-II

Autumn Semester 2015
Assignment − CA 1

1. Explain the geometrical meaning of the relations given in problems.

(a) |z − z0 | < R, |z − z0 | > R, |z − z0 | = R.
(b) |z − 2| + |z + 2| = 5.
(c) |z − z1 | = |z − z2 |.
Ans: The straight line perpendicular to the segment connecting the points z1 and z2 ,
and passing through the middle of this segment.
(d) Rez ≥ m
(e) Rez + Imz < 1.
(f) Arg z = θ0 .
(g) −π < Arg z < π.
π π
(h) 6 < Arg z < 4.
(i) 1 < |z| < 3.
2. Given three vertices of a parallelogram z1 , z2 , z3 , find the fourth vertex z4 , opposite to the
vertex z2 .
Ans: z4 = z1 + z3 − z2 .
3. Under what conditions do three points z1 , z2 , z3 , no two of which are coincident, lie on a
straight line?
(z3 −z1 )
Ans: The ratio (z2 −z1 ) must be a real number.

4. Find the real numbers p and q such that the complex numbers z = p + iq, w = p + i 1q be
equal.
5. Given a nonzero complex number z0 and a natural number n ∈ N, find all distinct complex
numbers w such that z0 = wn .
6. Find the principal argument of the following numbers:
(a) 5i
(b) π
1 i
(c) 2 + 2
−1 i
(d) 2 − 2
(e) 1 + √i3
1√
(f) 1+i 3
√
(g) − 41 + i 4 3
 3
(h) 1+i1√3
1+i
(i) − 1−i
7. Find all the values of the following roots
 2

√
3
(a) 1 Ans: 1
√
(b) 3 + 4i Ans: ±(2 + i)
p √
2
(c) 4 (−1) Ans: ± 2 (1 ± i)
 3
(d) 1+i1√3 Ans: − 213 + i0
√
(e) 3 i

8. Let z0 be a limit point of S. Then prove that every neighbourhood of z0 contains infinitely
many points of S.
9. Find a parametric representation γ : [a, b] → C for the following curves:
(a) The straight-line segment from 0 to 4 − 7i Ans: γ(t) = (4 − 7i)t, 0 ≤ t ≤ 1
(b) The upper half of |z − 4 + 2i| = 3 Ans: γ(t) = 4 − 2i + 3(cos t + i sin t), 0 ≤ t ≤ π
1 1
(c) y = x from (1, 1) to (4, 4) Ans: γ(t) = t + ti , 1 ≤ t ≤ 4
(d) |z + 3 − i| = 5, counter clockwise Ans: γ(t) = −3 + i + 5(cos t + i sin t), 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π
(e) |z + 3 − i| = 5, clockwise Ans: (2π) − (−3 + i + 5(cos t + i sin t)), 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π
10. Check if the following functions can be prescribed a value at z = 0, so that they become
continuous:
|z|2
(a) f (z) = z
z
(b) f (z) = z
Re z
(c) f (z) = z
z
(d) f (z) = |z|
zRe z
(e) f (z) = |z|

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11. Examine the continuity of the function (a) f (z) = 1−z on the domain D = {z : |z| < 1},
and (b) f (z) = |z|2 on C.
12. Which of the following subsets of C are domain.

• {z : |z − 1| < 1} ∪ {z : |z − 3| < 1}.

• {z : |z − 1| < 1} ∪ {z : |z − 3| < 1} ∪ {1}.
• {z : Re z × Im z > 0} ∪ {0}.
• {z : Re z × Im z > 0}.
13. Let zk = rk (cos θk + i sin θk ), k = 1, 2, . . . , n. Show that

(a) z1 z2 = r1 r2 [cos(θ1 + θ2 ) + i sin(θ1 + θ2 )].

(b) z1 z2 · · · zn = r1 r2 · · · rn [cos(θ1 + θ2 + · · · + θn ) + i sin(θ1 + θ2 + · · · + θn )].
(c) De Moivers formula:

z n = [r(cos θ + i sin θ)]n = rn (cos nθ + i sin nθ),

where n is an integer.

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