MA3211S Tutorial 3
Exercise 1. (a) Show that the function h(z) = ez − z 5 + z + 1 + x2 − y 2 is
harmonic but not holomorphic in C.
(b) Show that the function f (z) = ez cos(|z|2 ) + ez sin2 (|z|2 ) + z is not holomor-
phic in C.
Exercise 2. Show that the function
2y
u(x, y) = 2 − e−2x cos(2y) +
x2 + y2
is harmonic in C \ {0} and find a harmonic conjugate of u.
Exercise 3. Show that there is no holomorphic function f in C such that
1 + n(1 + e1/n )
f (1/n) = for all n ∈ N+ .
n + n2
Exercise 4. Let f be a holomorphic function in a domain Ω. Prove that in any
one of the following cases:
1. Re(f ) is constant;
2. Im(f ) is constant;
3. |f | is constant;
one can conclude that f is constant.
Exercise 5. Let f be an entire function and let a > 0 and b > 0 be constants
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1. If |f (z)| ≤ a |z| + b for all z, prove that f is constant.
2. What can one say about f if
|f (z)| ≤ a|z|5/2 + b, ∀z ∈ C ?