Power series and elementary functions

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\(\sum_{n=0}^{\infty }c_n(z-z_0)^n\) β€” a power series. Properties:

Corollary: the sum of the series is holomorphic in the disk of convergence.

Formula:

\[ R = \left(\varlimsup _{n \to \infty }\left|c_n\right|^{1/n}\right)^{-1} \]

ExampleExample 1

Find the radius of convergence of \[ \sum _{m=0}^{\infty } \left(\frac{27 - 26i^m}{27 + 26i^m}\right)^{m^2} z^{m^2} \]

SolutionSolution

We have a power series \(\sum_{n=0}^{\infty }c_n z^n\), where \[ c_n = \begin{cases} \left(\frac{27 - 26i^m}{27 + 26i^m}\right)^{m^2}, & n = m^2 \text{ for some }m \in \mathbb {Z}_+ \\ 0, & n \text{ is not a perfect square} \end{cases} \] Note that for \(n = m^2\) \[ \left|c_n\right|^{1/n} = \left|\left(\frac{27 - 26i^m}{27 + 26i^m}\right)^{m^2}\right|^{1/n} = \left|\frac{27 - 26i^m}{27 + 26i^m}\right| = \begin{cases} \frac{1}{53}, & m \equiv _4 0 \\ 1, & m \equiv _4 1 \\ 53, & m \equiv _4 2 \\ 1 , & m \equiv _4 3 \end{cases} \] Consequently, \[ \varlimsup _{n \to \infty }\left|c_n\right|^{1/n} = 53, \qquad \text{i.e. } R = \frac{1}{53} \]

AnswerAnswer

\(R = 1/53\).

A function is called analytic in a domain \(D \subset \mathbb {C}\) if for every point \(z_0 \in D\) there exists a neighborhood \(U(z_0)\) in which the function can be represented as a power series (in powers of \((z - z_0)\)).

Theorem 1 A function \(f\) is holomorphic in \(D\) \(\iff\) \(f\) is analytic in \(D\).

ProblemProblem T.11

Find the radii of convergence of the power series:

  1. \(\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty }\left(\frac{1-i n}{1+i n}\right)^{n^{2}} z^{n}\);

  2. \(\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty }\left(1+i^{n}\right)^{n} z^{n}\);

  3. \(\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } 2^{n} z^{n!}\);

  4. \(\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty }\left((1+i)^{n}+(1-i)^{n}\right) z^{n}\).

1 The complex exponential, trigonometric functions

\(e^{z} = \exp (z) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty }\frac{z^n}{n!}\).

\[ \begin{align} \sin (z) & := \frac{e^{iz} - e^{-iz}}{2i}, \quad \cos (z) = \frac{e^{iz} + e^{-iz}}{2} \\ \operatorname {sh}(z) & := \frac{e^{z} - e^{-z}}{2}, \quad \operatorname {ch}(z) := \frac{e^{z} + e^{-z}}{2} \end{align} \]

ExampleExample (Problem 3.17(6))

Find all solutions of the following equations:

  1. \(\operatorname {ctg} z = -\frac{3 i}{5}\);
SolutionSolution
Enum-item1.

Essentially we need to find \(\operatorname {Arcctg}\left(-\frac{3}{5}i\right)\).

\[ \begin{align} -\frac{3}{5}i & = \operatorname {ctg}z = \frac{\cos z}{\sin z} = \frac{2i}{2} \frac{\operatorname {exp}\left(iz\right) + \operatorname {exp}\left(-iz\right)}{\operatorname {exp}\left(iz\right) - \operatorname {exp}\left(-iz\right)} \\ 3\operatorname {exp}\left(-iz\right) - 3\operatorname {exp}\left(iz\right) & = 5\operatorname {exp}\left(iz\right) + 5\operatorname {exp}\left(-iz\right) \\ 8\operatorname {exp}\left(2iz\right) & = -2 \\ \operatorname {exp}\left(-2y + 2ix\right) & = -\frac{1}{4} = \frac{1}{4} \cdot \operatorname {exp}\left(i\pi \right) \end{align} \]

I.e. \(y = -\frac{1}{2}\ln \frac{1}{4} = \ln (2)\), \(2x = \pi + 2\pi k\),

\[ z = \frac{\pi }{2} + \pi k + i\ln (2), \quad k \in \mathbb {Z} \]

AnswerAnswer
Enum-item1.

\(z = i \ln 2+\pi \left(k+\frac{1}{2}\right), k \in \mathbb {Z}\);

Formulas:

\[ \begin{align} \cos (z_1 + z_2) & = \cos (z_1)\cos (z_2) - \sin (z_1)\sin (z_2) \\ \sin (z_1 + z_2) & = \sin (z_1)\cos (z_2) + \cos (z_1)\sin (z_2) \\ \operatorname {ch}(z_1 + z_2) & = \operatorname {ch}z_1 \operatorname {ch}z_2 + \operatorname {sh}z_1\operatorname {sh} z_2 \\ \operatorname {sh}(z_1 + z_2) & = \operatorname {sh}z_1 \operatorname {ch}z_2 + \operatorname {ch}z_1\operatorname {sh} z_2 \end{align} \]

Easy to prove if one knows the multiplicativity of the exponential.

Also:

\[ \begin{align} \operatorname {sh} z & = -i \sin (iz) & \operatorname {ch}z & = \cos (iz) \\ \operatorname {th} z & = -i \operatorname {tg}(iz), & \operatorname {cth}z & = i\operatorname {ctg}(iz) \end{align} \]

ExampleExample (Problem 3.12(2))

Let \(x = \operatorname {Re} z, y = \operatorname {Im} z\). Find \(\operatorname {Re} \cos z\) and \(\operatorname {Im} \cos z\).

SolutionSolution

We have \[ \cos z = \cos (x + iy) = \cos (x)\cos (iy) -\sin (x) \sin (iy) = \cos x \operatorname {ch}y - i \sin x \operatorname {sh}y \]

AnswerAnswer

\(\operatorname {Re} \cos z = \cos x \cdot \operatorname {ch} y, \quad \operatorname {Im} \cos z = -\sin x \cdot \operatorname {sh} y\).

ExampleExample (Problem 3.13(2))

Let \(x = \operatorname {Re} z, y = \operatorname {Im} z\). Find \(\left|\cos z\right|\).

SolutionSolution

\[ \begin{align} \left|\cos z\right|^2 & = \cos ^2(x) \operatorname {ch}^2(y) + \sin ^2(x) \operatorname {sh}^2(y) = \operatorname {ch}^2(y) - \sin ^2(x)\operatorname {ch}^2(y) + \sin ^2(x) \operatorname {sh}^2(y) = \\ & =\operatorname {ch}^2(y) - \sin ^2(x) \left(\operatorname {ch}^2(y) - \operatorname {sh}^2(y)\right) = \operatorname {ch}^2(y) - \sin ^2(x) \end{align} \]

AnswerAnswer

\(\left|\cos z\right| = \sqrt{\operatorname {ch}^2 y - \sin^2 x}\).

ProblemProblem 3.10

Prove the formulas:

  1. \(\operatorname {ch}^{2} z-\operatorname {sh}^{2} z = 1\);

  2. \(\operatorname {ch}\left(z_{1}+z_{2}\right) = \operatorname {ch} z_{1} \operatorname {ch} z_{2}+\operatorname {sh} z_{1} \operatorname {sh} z_{2}\);

ProblemProblem 3.11

Prove the formulas:

  1. \(\operatorname {sh} z = -i \sin (i z)\);

  2. \(\cos (i z) = \operatorname {ch} z\);

ExampleExample (Problem 3.12)

Let \(x = \operatorname {Re} z, y = \operatorname {Im} z\). Prove that:

  1. \(\operatorname {Re} \cos z = \cos x \cdot \operatorname {ch} y, \quad \operatorname {Im} \cos z = -\sin x \cdot \operatorname {sh} y\);

  2. \(\operatorname {Re} \operatorname {sh} z = \operatorname {sh} x \cdot \cos y, \quad \operatorname {Im} \operatorname {sh} z = \operatorname {ch} x \cdot \sin y\);

SolutionSolution
Enum-item1.

We have

\[ \cos z = \cos (x + iy) = \cos (x)\cos (iy) -\sin (x) \sin (iy) = \cos x \operatorname {ch}y - i \sin x \operatorname {sh}y \]

Enum-item2.

We have

\[ 2\operatorname {sh}z = e^{z} - e^{-z} = \underbrace{\left(e^{x} - e^{-x}\right)}_{=2\operatorname {sh}x}\cos (y) + i\underbrace{\left(e^{x} + e^{-x}\right)}_{=2\operatorname {ch}x}\sin (y) \]

ProblemProblem 3.12

Let \(x = \operatorname {Re} z, y = \operatorname {Im} z\). Prove that:

  1. \(\operatorname {Re} \sin z = \sin x \cdot \operatorname {ch} y, \quad \operatorname {Im} \sin z = \cos x \cdot \operatorname {sh} y ;\)
ExampleExample (Problem 3.17)

Find all solutions of the following equations:

  1. \(\cos z = \frac{3 i}{4}\);
SolutionSolution
Enum-item1.

\(\frac{3}{2}i = e^{iz} + e^{-iz} = e^{-y + ix} + e^{y - ix} = e^{-y}\cdot \left(\cos (x) + i\sin (x)\right) + e^{y} \cdot \left(\cos (x) - i\sin (x)\right)\), i.e.

\[ \begin{aligned} \begin{cases} (e^{-y} + e^{y}) \cos(x) = 0 \\ (e^{-y} - e^{y}) \sin(x) = \frac{3}{2} \end{cases} &\iff \begin{cases} \cos(x) = 0 \\ (e^{-y} - e^{y}) \sin(x) = \frac{3}{2} \end{cases} \left[ \begin{array}{c} \begin{cases} x = \frac{\pi}{2} + 2\pi k \\ e^{-y} - e^{y} = \frac{3}{2} \end{cases} \\ \begin{cases} x = -\frac{\pi}{2} + 2\pi k \\ e^{-y} - e^{y} = -\frac{3}{2} \end{cases} \end{array}\right. \iff \\ &\iff \left[ \begin{array}{c} \begin{cases} x = \frac{\pi}{2} + 2\pi k \\ y = -\ln(2) \end{cases} \\ \begin{cases} x = -\frac{\pi}{2} + 2\pi k \\ y = \ln(2) \end{cases} \end{array} \right. \end{aligned} \] (the first system used \(e^{-y} - e^{y} = -2\operatorname {sh}(y) = \frac{3}{2}\) \(\iff\) \(\operatorname {sh}(y) = -\frac{3}{4}\) \(\iff\) \(y = \ln \left(-\frac{3}{4} + \sqrt{\frac{9}{16}+1}\right) = -\ln 2\); the second is solved symmetrically). In total

\[ z = \pm \left(\frac{\pi }{2} - i \ln 2\right) + 2\pi k, \quad k \in \mathbb {Z} \]

Note

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AnswerAnswer
Enum-item1.

\(z = \pm \left(-i \ln 2+\frac{\pi }{2}\right)+2 k \pi , k \in \mathbb {Z}\);

ProblemProblem 3.17

Find all solutions of the following equations:

  1. \(\sin z = \frac{4 i}{3}\);

  2. \(\cos z = \frac{3+i}{4}\);

  3. \(\operatorname {ctg} z = -\frac{3 i}{5}\);

ExampleExample 5.9

Let the function \(f(z) = u(x, y)+i v(x, y)\) be differentiable in a domain \(G \subset \mathbb {C}\), and suppose one of the functions

  1. \(r(x, y) = |f(z)|\); keeps a constant value in the domain \(G\). Prove that \(f(z) \equiv \operatorname {const}\).
SolutionSolution
Enum-item1.

We have \(u^2 + v^2 \equiv \operatorname {const}\) in the domain \(G\). If this constant equals \(0\), then \(f \equiv 0\), and we are done. Otherwise we differentiate the identity with respect to \(x\) and \(y\), and also apply the Cauchy-Riemann conditions:

\[ \begin{cases} 0 = 2uu_x + 2vv_x = 2uv_y + 2vv_x \\ 0 = 2uu_y + 2vv_y = -2uv_x + 2vv_y \end{cases} \]

This is a linear system for the pair \((v_x, v_y)\) with determinant

\[ \begin{vmatrix} v & u \\ -u & v \end{vmatrix} = u^2 + v^2 \neq 0, \]

i.e. \(v_x = v_y = 0\) throughout the domain \(G\). Taking into account the differentiability of \(v\), we obtain that \(v \equiv \operatorname {const}\) on \(G\). By the Cauchy-Riemann conditions also \(u_x = v_y = 0\) and \(u_y = -v_x = 0\), i.e. \(u \equiv \operatorname {const}\) as well.

ProblemProblem 5.9

Let the function \(f(z) = u(x, y)+i v(x, y)\) be differentiable in a domain \(G \subset \mathbb {C}\), and suppose one of the functions

  1. \(u(x, y)\);

  2. \(\varphi (x, y) = \arg f(z)\) keeps a constant value in the domain \(G\). Prove that \(f(z) \equiv \operatorname {const}\).

ExampleExample 5.17

Recover the regular function \(f(z)\) from the condition

  1. \(\operatorname {Im} f(z) = x \sin y \operatorname {ch} x+y \operatorname {sh} x \cos y, f(0) = 0\);
SolutionSolution
Enum-item1.

\(f(z) = u(x,y) + iv(x,y)\), and moreover

\[ \begin{align} v(x,y) & = x \sin y \operatorname {ch} x+y \operatorname {sh} x \cos y = \\ & =x \cdot \operatorname {Im}\operatorname {sh}z + y \cdot \operatorname {Re}\operatorname {sh}z \end{align} \]

The first Cauchy-Riemann condition:

\[ \begin{align} \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} = \frac{\partial v}{\partial y} & = x \operatorname {ch}x \cos y + \operatorname {sh}x \cos y - y \operatorname {sh}x \sin y = \\ & = \cos y \cdot x\operatorname {ch}x + \left(\cos y - y \sin y\right)\operatorname {sh}x \end{align} \]

Consequently,

\[ \begin{align} u(x,y) & = \cos y \cdot \left(x \operatorname {sh}x - \operatorname {ch}x\right) + \left(\cos y - y \sin y\right)\operatorname {ch}x + \varphi (y) = \\ & = x \cos y \operatorname {sh}x - y \operatorname {sin} y \operatorname {ch}x + \varphi (y) = \\ & = x \operatorname {Re}\operatorname {sh}z - y \operatorname {Im}\operatorname {sh}z + \varphi (y) \end{align} \]

The second Cauchy-Riemann condition:

\[ \begin{align} -\frac{\partial u}{\partial y} = \frac{\partial v}{\partial x} & = \sin y \operatorname {ch}x + x \sin y \operatorname {sh}x + y \cos y \operatorname {ch}x \end{align} \]

At the same time

\[ \begin{align} -\frac{\partial u}{\partial y} & =\sin y \cdot x \operatorname {sh}x + \sin y \operatorname {ch}x + y \cos y \operatorname {ch}x - \varphi '(y) \end{align} \]

I.e. \(\varphi '(y) = 0\), \(\varphi (y) = C\),

\[ u(x,y) = \cos y \cdot \left(x \operatorname {sh}x - \operatorname {ch}x\right) + \left(\cos y - y \sin y\right)\operatorname {ch}x + C \]

Further, \(f(0) = 0\), i.e. \(0 = u(0,0) = -1 + 1 + C\), \(C = 0\). In total,

\[ \begin{align} f(z) & = u + iv = x \operatorname {Re}\operatorname {sh}z - y \operatorname {Im}\operatorname {sh}z + i \cdot \left(x \cdot \operatorname {Im}\operatorname {sh}z + y \cdot \operatorname {Re}\operatorname {sh}z\right) =\\ & =x \cdot \left(\operatorname {Re}\operatorname {sh}z + i \operatorname {Im}\operatorname {sh}z\right) + iy \cdot \left(\operatorname {Re}\operatorname {sh}z + i \operatorname {Im}\operatorname {sh}z\right) = x \cdot \operatorname {sh}z + iy \cdot \operatorname {sh}z = \\ & = z \cdot \operatorname {sh}z \end{align} \]

AnswerAnswer
Enum-item1.

\(z \operatorname {sh} z\);

ProblemProblem 5.17

Recover the regular function \(f(z)\) from the condition

  1. \(\operatorname {Im} f(z) = y \operatorname {ch} x \cos y+x \sin y \operatorname {sh} x, f(0) = 1\);

  2. \(\operatorname {Re} f(z) = x e^{x} \cos y-(y+1) e^{x} \sin y, \quad f(0) = i\);

ProblemProblem T.12

Find the values \(\sin i, \operatorname {tg}(1+i), \operatorname {ctg}(\pi / 4-i \ln 2)\).

2 The complex logarithm, complex powers

\(\operatorname {Ln}(z)\) denotes all possible solutions of the equation \(e^{w} = z\). We have

\[ e^{w} = z \iff e^{\operatorname {Re}(w)} \cdot e^{i\operatorname {Im}(w)} = \left|z\right| \cdot e^{i\operatorname {arg}(z)} \]

I.e.

\[ \begin{cases} \operatorname {Re}(w) = \ln (\left|z\right|) \\ \operatorname {Im}(w) = \operatorname {arg}(z) + 2 \pi k, \; k \in \mathbb {Z} \end{cases} \]

Thus,

\[ \operatorname {Ln}(z) = \ln (\left|z\right|) + i \cdot \operatorname {Arg}z \]

where

\[ \operatorname {Arg}z := \underbrace{\operatorname {arg}(z)}_{\in (-\pi , \pi ]} + 2 \pi k \]

is the generalized argument. Both \(\operatorname {Arg}z\) and \(\operatorname {Ln}z\) are multivalued functions.

Power: \(a^b := \operatorname {exp}\left(b \cdot \operatorname {Ln}a\right)\), \(a,b \in \mathbb {C}\), \(a \neq 0\). A multivalued function.

ExampleExample 9

Compute:

  1. \(1^i\);

  2. \(i^1\);

  3. \(i^i\).

SolutionSolution
Enum-item1.

\(1^i = \operatorname {exp}\left(i\operatorname {Ln}1\right) = \operatorname {exp}\left(i \cdot 2\pi k i\right) = \operatorname {exp}\left(-2\pi k\right)\), \(k \in \mathbb {Z}\);

Enum-item2.

\(i^1 = \operatorname {exp}\left(\operatorname {Ln} i\right) = \operatorname {exp}\left(i\left(\frac{\pi }{2} + 2\pi k\right)\right) = i\);

Enum-item3.

\(i^i = \operatorname {exp}\left(i \operatorname {Ln} i\right) = \operatorname {exp}\left(-\frac{\pi }{2} - 2\pi k\right)\), \(k \in \mathbb {Z}\).

\(e^z\) can be understood in two ways: either as the single-valued function \(\operatorname {exp}z = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty } \frac{z^n}{n!}\), or as exponentiation, that is, as the multivalued function

\[ e^z = \operatorname {exp}\left(\operatorname {Ln}e \cdot z\right) = \operatorname {exp}\left(\left(1 + 2\pi k i\right) \cdot z\right) = \operatorname {exp}(z) \cdot \operatorname {exp}(2\pi k i z) \]

For example, \(e^{i\pi } = - \operatorname {exp}\left(-2\pi^2 k\right)\), \(k \in \mathbb {Z}\), but \(\operatorname {exp}(i \pi ) = -1\).

As a rule, \(e^z\) is understood as \(\operatorname {exp}(z)\), i.e. the single-valued function, while \(a^{z}\), \(a \neq e\) is understood as the multivalued function, exponentiation.

3 Inverse trigonometric functions

\(\operatorname {Arctg}(z)\) denotes all possible solutions of the equation \(z = \operatorname {tg} w\). Let us solve it. We have

\[ z = \operatorname {tg}w = \frac{\sin w}{\cos w} = \frac{e^{i w} - e^{-iw}}{i(e^{iw} + e^{-iw})} = \frac{e^{2iw} - 1}{i(e^{2iw} + 1)} \]

Then \(e^{2iw} (zi - 1) = -(1 + zi)\), i.e.

\[ w = \frac{1}{2i} \operatorname {Ln} \left(\frac{1 + zi}{1 - zi}\right) =: \operatorname {Arctg}(z) \]

ProblemProblem T.13

Find all values of \(2^{i}, i^{i},(-1)^{2 i}, \operatorname {Arctg}(5 i / 3)\).

ProblemProblem T.14

Find the sum of the trigonometric series \[ \sum _{n = 0}^{\infty } \frac{\cos n \varphi }{n!}, \quad \varphi \in \mathbb {R} \]