Department of Mathematical Sciences
RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY, JAIS, U.P.
MA211 / Linear Algebra and Complex Analysis
Week 5, October 2025 Problem Set 10 S.K., G.R.
Functions of a complex variable
1. Write the following functions in the form f (z) = u( x, y) + iv( x, y).
a) f (z) = z3 b) f (z) = eiz
z +2− i
c) f (z) = zRe(z) + z2 + Im(z) d) f (z) = z −1+ i
2. Express the following functions by a formula involving z and z.
a) f (z) = 4x2 + i4y2 b) f (z) = x + y + i ( x3 y − y2 )
c) f (z) = ey cos x − iey sin x d) f (z) = ( x − y)2
3. Express f (z) = z21 − 5z7 + 9z4 in the polar form and then find f (−1 + i ).
√
4. Let f (z) = ln(r ) + iθ, where r = |z| and θ = Arg(z). Find f (−2) and f (− 3 + i ).
5. Discuss the convergence of the sequence zn in each of the following cases.
√
n + i ( n +1)
a) zn = n b) zn = (1 + i )n
1 n
d) zn = n1 + in
c) zn = 1+ i
cos nπ n n +i
e) zn = 2 +i f) zn = n
6. Show that a sequence of complex numbers has at most one limit.
7. Let zn → z0 as n → ∞. Show the following.
a) |zn | → |z0 | as n → ∞. b) zn → z0 as n → ∞.
8. Let zn → z0 as n → ∞. Is it true that Arg(zn ) → Arg(z0 )? Justify.
9. Find the following limits.
z2 − 2i z4 − 1
a) lim b) lim
z →1+ i z2 − 2z + 2 z →i z−i
10. Discuss the continuity of the function f (z) at the given point z0 .
a) f (z) = z2 − iz + 3 − 2i; z0 = 2 − i b) f (z) = z̄ − 3Re(z) + i; z0 = 3 − 2i
c) f (z) = Arg(z); z0 = −i d) f (z) = Arg(iz); z0 = i
z2 +1 Re(z)
e) f (z) = z −i ; z0 = i f) f (z) = | z |2
; z0 = 0
11. Let f (z) be continuous for all values of z.
(a) Show that g(z) = f (z) is continuous for all values of z.
(b) Show that h(z) = f (z) is continuous for all values of z.
(c) Use the above parts to conclude that the functions f 1 (z) = z, f 2 (z) = Re(z), f 3 (z) =
Im(z) and f 4 (z) = |z| are all continuous.
12. Use the Cauchy-Riemann equations to show that the following functions are differen-
tiable for all z and find f ′ (z).
a) f (z) = iz + 4i b) f (z) = −2( xy + x ) + i ( x2 − 2y − y2 )
c) f (z) = z3 d) f (z) = e2xy cos(y2 − x2 ) + i sin(y2 − x2 )
13. Use the Cauchy-Riemann equations to show that the following functions are nowhere
differentiable. Do these functions satisfy the Cauchy-Riemann equations at any point?
a) f (z) = z b) f (z) = z + z
c) f (z) = ey cos x + iey sin x
14. Find the constants a and b such that f (z) = (2x − y) + i ( ax + by) is differentiable for all
z.
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15. Show that f (z) = x 2 + y2
is differentiable for all z ̸= 0.
16. Show that the function f (z) = x3 + 3xy2 + i (y3 + 3x2 y) is differentiable only at points
that lie on the coordinate axes.
17. Determine the analyticity of each of the following functions.
a) f (z) = x2 + y2 b) f (z) = x2 − y2
c) f (z) = x2 − y2 + 2ixy d) f (z) = x2 − y2 + x + i (2xy + y)
e) f (z) = x
x 2 + y2
− i x2 +y y2 f) f (z) = e− x (cos y + i sin y)