Analysis 4 (2017)

Homework 6

Due date is Friday, May 26, 2017, 11:15, in person to the teaching assistants or – in PDF
format only – to: cft.leiden@gmail.com

1.) Let f : C \ {±i, ±2i} → C be given by

eiz
f (z) = .
(z 2 + 1)2 (z 2 + 4)

(a) Compute the residues Res (f ; i) and Res (f ; 2i) of f .

(b) Use f to compute Z ∞
cos x
dx .
−∞ (x2 + 1)2 (x2 + 4)

2.) Let n ∈ N and gn : C \ {±i} → C, z 7→ (z 2 + 1)−n . Show that

 
2n − 2 1
Res(gn , ±i) = ∓i .
n−1 22n−1

and determine the value of the complex line integral γ

I +i

gn (z) dz ,
γ

−i
where the curve γ is given in the figure on the right.

3.) Let a ∈ C be such that |a| < 1 and let n be a natural number with n ≥ 1. Furthermore,
define the function f : C → C by

f (z) = (z − 1)n ez − a

and let H = {z ∈ C : Re z ≥ 0}.

(a) Show that for any zero z of f in H it holds true that |z − 1| < 1.
(b) How many zeros (counted with multiplicity) does f have in H.
(c) How many different zeros does f have in H.