
(a) f z has branch points at z I.
(b) a complete circuit around both branch points produces no change in the
branches of f z.
6.11 Apply the de®nition of limits to prove that:
lim
z!1
z
2
ÿ 1
z ÿ 1
2:
6.12. Prove that:
(a) f zz
2
is continuou s at z z
0
,and
(b) f z
z
2
; z 6 z
0
0; z z
0
(
is discontinuous at z z
0
, where z
0
6 0.
6.13 Given f zz*, show that f
0
i does not exist.
6.14 Using the de®nition, ®nd the derivative of f zz
3
ÿ 2z at the point where:
(a) z z
0
, and (b) z ÿ1.
6.15. Show that f is an analytic function of z if it does not depend on
z*: f z; z*f z . In other words, f x; yf x iy, that is, x and y
enter f only in the combination x+iy.
6.16. (a) Show that u y
3
ÿ 3x
2
y is harmonic.
(b) Find v such that f zu iv is analytic.
6.17 (a)Iff zux; yiv x; y is analytic in some region R of the z plane,
show that the one-para meter families of curves ux; yC
1
and
vx; yC
2
are orthogonal families.
(b) Illustrate (a) by using f zz
2
.
6.18 For each of the following functions locate and name the singularities in the
®nite z plane:
(a) f z
z
z
2
4
4
; (b) f z
sin
z
p
z
p
; (c) f z
P
1
n0
1
z
n
n!
:
6.19 (a) Locate and name all the singularities of
f z
z
8
z
4
2
z ÿ 1
3
3z 2
2
:
(b) Determine where f z is analytic.
6.20 (a) Given e
z
e
x
cos y i sin y, show that d=dze
z
e
z
.
(b) Show that e
z
1
e
z
2
e
z
1
z
2
.
(Hint: set z
1
x
1
iy
1
and z
2
x
2
iy
2
and apply the addition formulas
for the sine and cosine.)
6.21 Show that: (a)lne
z
z 2ni,(b)lnz
1
=z
2
ln z
1
ÿ ln z
2
2ni.
6.22 Find the values of: (a) ln i,(b)ln(1ÿ i).
6.23 Evaluate
R
C
z*dz from z 0toz 4 2i along the curve C given by:
(a) z t
2
it;
(b) the line from z 0toz 2i and then the line from z 2i to z 4 2i .
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