MTL506 - Complex Analysis– Tutorial Sheet-
1. State TRUE or FALSE giving proper justification for each of the following statements.
(a) Every uncountable subset of C has a limit point in C.
(b) If f is an entire function such that |f (x)| ≤ 10 and |f (iy)| ≤ 10 for all x, y ∈ R, then
there must exist λ ∈ R such that |f (z)| ≤ λ for all z ∈ C.
(c) There exists a branch of the logarithm on C \ [−10, 10].
(d) If f : C → C is a non-constant analytic function, then there must exist a sequence (zn )
in C such that |zn | > n and |f (zn )| > n for all n ∈ N.
(e) There exists an entire function f such that f (z)2 = sin z for all z ∈ C.
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2. Let a ∈ R such that |a| < 1 and let f (z) = 1−az for all z ∈ D. Show that f : D → D is
one-one and onto.
3. Examine whether the following subsets of C are connected.
(a) {z ∈ C : Re(z), Im(z) ∈ Q}
(b) {z ∈ C : Re(z) Im(z) > 0}
(c) {z ∈ C : Re(z)2 + Im(z)3 ∈ R \ Q}
(d) {z ∈ C : | Re(z)| < | Im(z)|}
(e) C \ {z ∈ C : Re(z) ∈ Q, Im(z) ∈ Q}
4. Determine all the points of C at which f : C → C is differentiable, if for each z = x+iy ∈ C,
(a) f (z) = x3 + i(1 − y)3
(b) f (z) = z Im(z)
(c) f (z) = |z|4
(d) f (z) = x2 − y 2 + 2i|xy|
5. Let f : C → C be an entire function such that f ′ (z) = f (z) for all z ∈ C and f (0) = 1.
Show that f (z) = ez for all z ∈ C.
6. Let f : C → C be differentiable at 0 and satisfy f ′ (0) = 1. If f (z + w) = f (z)f (w) for all
z, w ∈ C, then show that f (z) = ez for all z ∈ C.
7. Let f : Ω → C be continuous, where Ω is a domain in C. Let z0 and for each r > 0, let
γr (t) = z0 + reit for all t ∈ [0, 2π]. Show that
Z Z
f (z)
lim f (z)dz = 0 and lim dz = 2πif (z0 ).
r→0 γr r→0 γr z − z0
8. Let f : G → C and g : G → C be analytic, where G is an open set in C. If γ is a rectifiable
path in G joining z1 ∈ G to z2 ∈ G, then show that
Z Z
f g = f (z2 )g(z2 ) − f (z1 )g(z1 ) − f ′ g.
′
γ γ
9. Let f : Ω → C be an analytic function, where Ω is a open and connected set in C.
(a) If {z ∈ Ω : f (z) = 0} is uncountable, then show that f (z) = 0 for all z ∈ Ω.
(b) If f : Ω → C and g : Ω → C are analytic functions and f (z)g(z) = 0 for all z ∈ Ω,
then show that f (z) = 0 for all z ∈ Ω or g(z) = 0 for all z ∈ Ω.
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10. Show that there does not exist an analytic function f on D satisfying f n
∀ n ∈ N.
11. Find all entire functions f satisfying f ′′ n1 + f n1 = 0, ∀ n ∈ N.
12. Let f be an entire function satisfying f (z) = f (z 2 ). Show that f is constant.
13. Let f, g : C → C be analytic functions such that f g is analytic. Show that either f is
constant function or g is identically zero.
14. Suppose f is entire function such that for each z0 ∈ C at least one coefficient of power series
expansion around z0 is zero. Show that f is a polynomial.