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MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
CSIR-NET-JRF/GATE/TIFR/JEST
ASSIGNMENT - COMPLEX ANALYSIS

dz i
1. The value of the integral
 z  3 where C is a circle
c
(a)

(b) i

(c) 2 2i (d)  2i
(anticlockwise) with z  4 , is: [GATE 2005]
dz
(a) 0 (b)  i 6. The value of the integral  C z z
2 in which the
(c) 2 i (d) 4 i
contour is a circle defined by z  R  1 is
The value of the integral  z dz , where C is the
10
2. [HCU PhD June 2010]
c (a) 2i (b) 2
unit circle with the origin as the centre is: (c) 1 (d) 0
[GATE 2001]
cos  z
(a) 0 (b) z /11 7. The value of the intergral  z  z  1 where C is
11

(c) 2 iz11 / 11 (d) 1/11 C

3. The value of the integral  dz / z 2 , where z is a the circle z  1  3 is:

c (a) 0 (b)  i
complex variable and C is the unit circle with the (c) 2 i (d) 4 i
origin as its centre, is: [GATE 2003] 8. For a complex variable z and the contour
(a) 0 (b) 2 i c : z  1 taken in the counter clockwise direction
(c) 4 i (d) 4 i 1  2 3
i

 
2i C 
z   2 dz 
z z 
[GATE 2020]
4. The value of   ( z  1)dz is [GATE 2008] 9. A function f(Z) of a complex variable Z is analytic
i
evergy where in the complex plane except at Z
(a) 0 (b) 2 i =Z0. Two contours C1 and C2 around Z0 are
(c) 2 i (d) (1  2i ) shown in the figure.

ez
5. The value of the integral   z 2
 
2
2
dz over a z0
z0

closed contour which is a circle z  4 is :

C1
[HCU PhD Feb 2014] C2
The value of the integrals

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14. Which of the following statements is TRUE for
f  Z  dZ f  Z  dZ
I1   ,
 are the function f ( z ) ?
C1
Z  Z0 C 2 Z  Z0
(a) f ( z ) is analytic every where in the complex
plane
(a) I1  0, I 2  2 if  Z 0  (b) f ( z ) has a zero at z  
(b) I1  2 if  Z 0  , I 2  0 (c) f ( z ) has a pole of order 2 at z  
(d) f ( z ) has a simple pole at z   .
(c) I1   if  Z 0  , I 2   if  Z 0 
15. Consider a counterclockwise circular contour
(d) I1  2 if  Z 0  , I 2  2 if  Z 0 
z  1 about the origin. The integral
10. The residue of the function,

f  z 
z
at z  1/ 2 is  f ( z )dz over this contour is:
 2 z  1 5  z 
(a) i (b) zero
(a) 1/11 (b) -1/11 (c) i (d) 2i
(c) 1/22 (d) -1/22
e z  e z
z3 16. For the complex function, f ( z )  ,
11. The value of the integral   z  1
C
2
dz , where C sin( z )
which of the following statement is correct?
is the circle z  4 is [GATE 2010]
(a) z = 0 is a branch point.
(a) 6 i (b) 6 i
(b) z = 0 is a pole of order one
(c) 2 i (d) zero
(c) z = 0 is a removable singularity
(d) z = 0 is an essential singularity
e z  z  3
12. The value 
 z  2 of where c is a unit circle 17. The integral I   e z dz is evaluated from the point
C
c

with centre at origin is (-1,0) to (1,0) along the contour C, which is an

5 2 arc of the parabola y  x 2  1 as shown in the
(a) 5e 2 (b) e
2 i [Link] value of I is [CSIR Dec 2018]
(c) 0 (d) 10 ie 2
Im z
sin z , where C is
13. The value of the integral

C
z6
dz

the circle of centre z = 0 and radius = 1

[ GATE 2011,TIFR 2016] Re z

(a) i (b) i /120 C

(c) i / 60 (d) i / 6

Common data for Q. 14 and Q. 15 (a) 0 (b) 2sinh1
z sin z 2i
(c) e sinh1 (d) e  e
1
Consider a function f ( z )  of a com-
( z   )2
16 z
plex variable z. [GATE 2011] 18. For the function f ( z )  , the resi-
( z  3)( z  1) 2
due at the pole z = 1.........................

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( Your answer should be an integer) 5 5
(a) e (b) e 
[GATE 2013] e e
5 5
(c)  e (d)   e
 e dz , using the con-
1z
19. The value of the integral e e
c
24. The value of integral  z dz along the open curve
tour C of circle with unit radius z  1 ,is C

[GATE 2012] C in the complex z plane as shown below is :

(a) 0 (b) 1  2 i [HCU PhD Feb 2015]
y
(c) 1  2 i (d) 2 i
1
sin z
20. The value of integral I  
 dz 1 2
C
2z   0 x

with C a is circle z  2 , is [JEST 2014]

–1

(a) 0 (b) 2 i
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c)  i (d)  i
(c) 2 (d) 4
e z sin z 25. What is the contour integral of f  z   1  z 2 in
21. The value of the integral C z 2 dz , where the anti-closkwise sense overe a unit square with cor-
ners at the four points (0, 0) (1, 0) and (1, 1) at
contour C is the unit circle : z  2  1 , is the origin in the complex plane ?
[HCU PhD Feb 2016]
[GATE 2010]
8  1 x 
(a) (b) 2 1  
(a) 2 i (b) 4 i 3  3 
(c)  i (d) 0  1 x 
(c) 2 1   (d) 0
dz tanh 2 z  3 
22. The value of the integral 
c z sin  z where C
 z 2  5 z  3
26. For f  z   ,the sum of residues
  z  1 z  2 2
is a circle of radius traversed counter-clock-
2 of all the poles is [HCU PhD Feb 2017]
wise, with centre at z = 0, is: (a) 1 (b) 2
[CSIR Dec 2018] (c) 0 (d) –1
(a) 4 (b) 4i
27. The value of the contour integral  dz z 2 where
(c) 2i (d) 0 C

C is a unit circle in the complex plane centred at

23. The value of the integral C
z 2e z dz , where C is an
the origin and traversed in an anti clockwise di-
open contour in the complex Z-plane as shown rection, is [HCU PhD Feb 2015]
in figure below: [CSIR June2011] 1 1 i
(a) (b)
3 3
(0,1)

c 1 i
(c) (d) 0
3
(-1,0) (1,0) Re z

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2 2z
z e
28. The value of the integral  e
C
z
1
dz where C is 32. The value of  ( z  1)
c
4
dz , where C is a circle

the circle z  4 , is [GATE 2014] defined by z  3 , is [GATE 2006]

8 i 2 8 i 1
(a) 2 i (b) 2 2i (a) e (b) e
3 3
(c) 4 3i (d) 4 2i 8 i 8 i 2
(c) e (d) e
3 3
dz ,where C is a unit circle
29. The value of
 (z 2
 a2 ) 33. The integral 
zei z 2
dz along the closed con-
c

z2 1
(anti clockwise) centered at the origin in the com-
tour  shown in the figure is
plex z- plane is: [GATE 2004]
[CSIR June 2017]
1 y
(a)  for a  2 (b) zero for a  
2
 1
(c) 4 for a  2 (d) for a  x
2 2 –1 +1

30. If I   1nzdz ,Where C is the unit circle taken

c

anticlockwise and Inz is the principal branch of (a) 0 (b) 2

the logarithmic function, which of the following is (c) 2 (d) 4 i
correct? [GATE 2008]
z3
(a) I = 0 by residue theorem.
(b) I is not defined since, Inz is branch cut.
34. The value of the integral 
c
z 2  5z  6
dz , where

(c) I  0 C is closed contour defined by the equation

 1n( z )dz  2 I 2 z  5  0 , traversed in the anti-clockwise di-

2
(d)
c
rection, is [CSIR Dec 2012]
dz is to be evalu- (a) 16 i (b) 16 i
31. The contour integral
 a2  z 2
(c) 8 i (d) 2 i
ated on a circle of radius 2a centered at the origin.
dz
 sin
It will have contributions only from the points. 1 ,
35. If C is the contour defined by z  , 2
z
[GATE 2007] 2 c

1 i 1 i is [CSIR June 2014]

(a) a and  a (a)  (b) 2 i
2 2
(c) 0 (d)  i
(b) ia and ia
1 i 1 i z2  2z
a and  36. What is the residue of f  z  
(c) ia , ia , a  z  1  z 2  4 
2 2
at z  2i ? [HCU PhD Feb 2014]
1 i 1 i 1 i
(d) 1  i a ,  a, a and  a 4  4i
2 2 2 2 7i
(a) (b)
 2i  12 i 25

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40. The value of the contour integral
7  2i 4  4i
(c) (d)
25  2i  12
1 e4 z  1
2 i c cosh( z )  2sinh( z )
dz
dz
37. The integral   z  2  z  1 over a circle of ra-
around the unit circle X traversed in the anti-clock-
dius 3 and centred to 0 is because wise direction, is [CSIR June 2016]
[HCU Phd June 2012] (a) 0 (b) 2
(a) the integrand is analytic everywhere
8 1
(b) the integrand is not analytic, but all singular (c)  (d)  tanh  
points lie outside the contour 3 2
(c) the residue at each singular point is zero 41. The contour C of the following integral
(d) the residues at singular points are nonzero, All
the singular points lie inside the contour but the ( z  1)( z  3)
 dz in the complex z-plane is
sum of all residues is zero.
 
3
c z 2  25
38. If I1 and I2 denote the values of the ntegral of
shown in the figure below. [CSIR Dec. 2018]
1
2
 1
 z   evaluated along the semicircle C1 and c
 2
C2 as shown, then I1–I2 is [HCU PhD 2010]
1 3
C1

The integral is equivalent to an integral along the

C2 contours

1
(a) 0 (b) 2i 
4
(a) –5 1 3 5
1
(c) 2i  (d) 2
8

39. A function of a complex variable z is defined by

(b) –5 1 3 5
2  2
the integral f  z   d  ,where  is a cir-
 z
cular contour of radius 3, centred at origin, run-
ning counter clockwise in the  -plane. The value
of the function at z   2  i  is
[NET June 2020] (c) –5 1 3 5
(a) 0 (b) 1  4i
2 i
(c) 8  2i (d) ,
 2

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k  0 and a  0 is [GATE 2019]
  ka 2  ka
(a) e (b) e
(d) –5 1 3 5 a a
  ka 3  ka
(c) e (d) e
2a 2a

dz 1 cos x
42. The contour integral  evaluated along a 47. The value of the integral  2
1 z2   x  a 2
contour going from -ve to  along the real axis [TIFR 2017]
and closed in the lower half plane circle is equal to
1 1
____ (Up to two decimal place) (a) (b)
[GATE 2017] 2a 2a

d
 exp   a 
(c) a exp   a  (d)
43. The value of the difinite integral  5  4 cos  is a
0

[NET June 2019] sin x
48. An integral is defined to be I   dx
4 2 0
x
(a) (b)
3 3 [DU 2018]
  
(c)  (d) (a) (b)
3 cos 2 2
 2  cos 2
dx  (c) (d)
44. Given that the integral 
0
y x
2 2

2y
, the value  

1  t 
t

dx 49. The value of the integral cos   dt
of  2 is [CSIR Dec 2013] 2
R 2
 2R 
0
( y  x2 )2 

[CSIR June 2012]

 
(a) (b) 
y3 4 y3 (a)  2 (b) 
R R
 
(c) (d)  2
8 y3 2 y3 (c) (d)
R R
45. What is the value of the following contour integral 1
x
I taken clockwise around the circle z  2 ? 50.  1 x
0
2
dx  [HCU 2016]
dz
I  C z  z  4
3 [JEST 2020] (a) 1 (b)

4
i i 2
(a) (b) (c) tan
1
(d) log 2
2 32 2
i i  dx
(c)
16
(d)
4
51. The integral 
0 4  x4
evaluates to

[TIFR 2014, 2017]

cos  kx 

46. The value of the integral 

x2  a 2
dx where
(a)  (b)  / 2
(c)  / 4 (d)  / 8

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y
ez

z=x+iy
52. The value of the integral dz , where
C
z 2  3z  2

3
the contour C is the circle z  is
2
x
[GATE 2009] –100 0 100
5
(a) 2 ie (b)  ie
The value of  I n (integer) is_____
(c) 2 ie (d)  ie n 1

[GATE 2021]

sin(2 x)  1
53. The principal value of the integral 

x 3
dx is 58. Let C be the circle of radius
4
centred at z  in
4
[CSIR Dec 2014] the complex z-plane that is traversed counter-
(a) 2 (b)  clockwise. The value of the contour integral
(c)  (d) 2 z2
2 d
C sin 2 4 z dz is
54. The integral  0 1  2a cos   a 2
where 0 < a <

1, evaluate to [TIFR 2015] i 2

(a) 0 (b)
4
2 2
(a) (b) i 2 i
1  a2 1  a2 (c) (d)
16 4
4
(c) 2 (d)
1  a2

ln x
55. The value of the integral  x
0 1
dx is
2

[JEST 2012, 2016]
(a)  / 4
2
(b)  2 / 2
(c)  2 (d) 0

1
56. The value of the integral  dx is

1  x4
[CSIR June 2015]
(a)  2 (b)  / 2
(c) 2 (d) 2
57. A contour integral is defined as
dz
I n  

C zn
2  2 where n is a positive integer
and C is the closed contour, as shown in the fig-
ure, consisting of the line from –100 to 100 and
the semicircle traversed in the counter clockwise
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ANSWER KEY
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (a)
4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (d)
7. (d) 8. (–2) 9. (b)
10. (d) 11. (a) 12. (c)
13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (b)
16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (3)
19. (d) 20. (c) 21. (a)
22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (a)
25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (d)
28. (c) 29. (b) 30. (a)
31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (c)
34. (a) 35. (c) 36. (b)
37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (c)
40. (c) 41. (c) 42. (3.14)
43. (d) 44. (b) 45. (b)
46. (a) 47. (d) 48. (b)
49. (b) 50. (d) 51. (d)
52. (c) 53. (a) 54. (a)
55. (d) 56. (a) 57. (5)
58. (c)

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