MA102: Engineering Mathematics-II
(Even Semester 2024-2025)
Tutorial Sheet: Complex Analysis I
Convener: Dr. Abhash Kumar Jha
Domains and regions in the complex plane
1. State which of the following sets are not bounded:
(a) z 2 + z̄ 2 = 2,
(b) {z : |z − i| − |z + i| = 2},
(c) ℜ(z) ≤ 12 ,
(d) ℜ z−z
z−z2 = 0.
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2. State which of the following sets are open/closed/both/neither open nor
closed:
(a) ℑ(z) > 1,
(b) |z − 4| ≥ |z|,
(c) {z : 0 < |z| ≤ 1},
(d) {z : |z| ≤ 1} \ { n1 : n ∈ N}.
3. State whether the following sets are connected or not.
(a) {z : ℜ(z) > 0} ∪ {z : ℜ(z) < −2},
π π
(b) {z : 4 ≤ Arg(z) ≤ 4 },
(c) {z : |z| < 1} ∪ {z : |z + 2| ≤ 1},
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(d) [0, 2) ∪ {2 + n : n ∈ N}.
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Complex functions
1. Explain what the following curves represent:
(a) γ(t) = ut + vt2 , for 0 < t < 1.
1 + it
(b) γ(t) = , t ∈ R.
1 + t + t2
2π
(c) γ(t) = e2it , 0≤t≤ 3 .
2. Find the equation of the image of the line joining −2 + i and 1 − 3i under
the map f (z) = z 2 .
3. Let γ(t) = cos t cos 2t + i sin t cos 2t, t ∈ [0, 2π]. Show that the curve is
closed but not simple.
4. Find the length of the curve γ(t) = t − ie−it , where 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π.
5. Determine the length of the curve defined by {teit : t ∈ [0, 2π]}.
6. Evaluate each of the following limits:
(a) lim (z 2 − 5z + 10),
z→1+i
(2z + 3)(z − 1)
(b) lim ,
z→2i z 2 − 2z + 4
z3 + 8
(c) lim ,
z→2eπi/3 z4 + 4z 2 + 16
z̄
(d) lim .
z→0 z
3z 4 − 2z 3 + 8z 2 − 2z + 5
7. Discuss the continuity of f (z) = at z = i.
z−i
8. Find all the points of discontinuity of the following functions:
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(a) z − sec z,
3z 2
(b) ,
z4 − 16
tanh z
(c) .
z2 + 1
(
1 if |z| is rational
9. Let f (z) = Prove that f (z) is discontinuous.
0 if |z| is irrational.
10. Show that all continuous maps χ : R → {z ∈ C : |z| = 1}, which satisfy
χ(x + t) = χ(x)χ(t) for all real numbers x and t, are of the form eiλx for
some λ ∈ R.