MEC 507, Fall 2013

Instructor: Professor F. Ladeinde

Homework I
Due: September 12, 2013 - In Class
Open Book - Please Work Independently

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Instructions
1. Evaluate 1i :
2. Determine the 4th root of 1:
3. Determine the 6th root of 3:
4. What is the principal value of (1 + i)2 i ?
5. Evaluate the function
p 10
1+ 3i
in the form u + iv:
6. Solve the algebraic equation: x3 2x 4 = 0: That is, …nd the 3 values of x that satisfy this equation.
7. Determine the curve in the complex plane that is described by jz 3j + jz + 3j = 10:
1
8. Express the function 1 z in the form u(x; y) + iv(x; y)
9. Express the function ln z in the form u(x; y) + iv(x; y)
10. Evaluate the integral Z
z2
C
where the curve C is the straight line joining 1 + i and 2 + 4i

a) From …rst principles

b) Using the fact that the line integrals are independent of the path from 1 + i to 2 + 4i: 1 + i and
2 + 4i

11. Integrate f (z) = Re z = x along the segment from z = 0 to z = 1 + i:

12. Integrate f (z) = (z z0 )m , where m is an integer and z0 is a constant, in a counterclockwise (CCW)
sense around the circle C of radius with center at z0 :
13. Integrate the function f (z) = 1=z once around the circle jzj = :
1
14. Integrate f (z) = 1=z around a unit circle in the CCW sense, where C lies in the annulus 2 < jzj < 32 :
15. Integrate
z2 + 1
z2 1
in the CCW sense around a circle of radius 1 with center at the point
1
(a) z = 1 (b) z = 2 (c) z = 1 (d) z = i.

1
16. Determine whether or not the function
x3 + xy 2 + x + i(x2 y + y 3 y)
f (z) = ; z 6= 0
x2 + y 2
is analytic.
17. Show that the function
u = y3 3x2 y
is harmonic. Determine the harmonic conjugate of u: (That is, v in f (z) = u(x; y) + iv(x; y):)
18. Determine the harmonic conjugate of
u = cos x cosh y: