MSO 202A: Complex Variables
August-September 2022
Assignment-4
Throughout CR will denote the circle of radius R around origin, oriented counterclockwise.
and C1 = C.
1. (T)Show that Z ∞
1
dx = π/2
−∞ (1 + x2 )2
2. Suppose f (z) is defined by the integral
2ξ 2 + 7ξ + 1
Z
f (z) = dξ.
C3 ξ−z
Find f 0 (1 + i)
3. Compute C4 z2z+4 dz where C4 is the circe |z| = 4 oriented anticlockwise.
R
4. (T)Suppose that f = u + iv is an entire function and u is bounded (or v is bounded).
Show that f is constant.
5. Using Liouville’s theorem, conclude that sin z, cos z are not bounded functions.
6. (T)Suppose that f = u + iv is an entire function and |f (z)| < |z|n for some n ≥ 0 and
for all sufficiently large |z|. Show that f is a polynomial.
7. Suppose that f = u + iv is an entire function and u(or v) is a polynomial. Then show
that f is a polynomial.
8. Show that if u is a bounded harmonic function on C then u is constant.
9. (T)Let τ be a complex number which is not real. Suppose that f is an entire function
such that f (z + 1) = f (z) and f (z + τ ) = f (z). Then show that f is a constant. (This
exercise says that a doubly periodic entire function is constant.)
10. Let f be an entire function satisfying |f (z)| ≥ 1 for all z ∈ C. Show that f is constant.
11. (T)Suppose that f : D → C is anlytic on unit disc D = {z : |z| < 1}. Show that
|f 0 (0)| ≤ d/2, where d = sup |f (z) − f (w)| is the diameter of the image of f.
z,w∈D
12. (T)Let Ω be a bounded open subset of C and f : Ω → Ω is a holomorphic function.
Prove that if there exists a point a ∈ Ω such that f (a) = a and f 0 (a) = 1 then f is
linear.
13. Let f be anlytic on a region Ω and let C be a circle with interior containd in Ω. For any
a ∈ Ω not on C show that
f 0 (ξ)
Z Z
f (ξ)
dξ = 2
dξ
C (ξ − a) C (ξ − a)
14. (a) If f (z) is a holomorphic inside and on a circle C containng a prove that
f (z)n
Z
n 1
f (a) = dz.
2πi C (z − a)
(b) Use (a) to show that |f (a)|n ≤ LM n /(2πD) where D is the distance of a from C,
L is the length of C and M is the maximum value of |f (z)| on C.
(c) Use (b) to show that |f (a)| ≤ M . In other words, the maximum value of |f (z)| is
obtained on the boundary. This result is known as Maximum Modulus Principle.
(d) The maximum modulus value of f (z) = 1/z on unit circle is 1, yet |f (1/2)| = 2.
Expalin why this does not contradict (c).
15. This exercise gives a generalization of Goursat’s and Cauchy’s theorem.
Let T be a triangle whose interior is contained in an open set Ω of C . Suppose that
f : Ω → C is a continuous function which is holomorphic on Ω in except possibly at a
point z0 . Prove that Z
f (z)dz = 0.
T
16. Let D be an open disc and f : D → C be a continuous function which is holomorphic on
D \ {z0 } for some fixed z0 ∈ D. Then prove that f has a primitive on D.
(Remark: Hence we conclude that: Let f : Ω → C is a continuous function on an open
set Ω and anlytic on Ω \ {z0 } where z0 ∈ Ω. Then show that f is analytic on Ω. )
