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Week 3 Worksheet - Solutions

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Power Series

    1. Calculate \[ \left| \dfrac{2^{n+1}}{n+1} \Bigg/ \dfrac{2^n}{n} \right| = \dfrac{2n}{n+1} \to 2 \] as $n \to \infty$ so the radius of convergence is $\frac{1}{2}$.

    2. Calculate \[ \left| \dfrac{(n+1)!}{n!} \right| = n+1 \to \infty \] as $n \to \infty$ so the radius of convergence is $0$.

    3. Calculate \[ \left| \dfrac{(n+1)^p}{n^p} \right| = \left( \dfrac{n+1}{n} \right)^p \to 1 \] as $n \to \infty$ so the radius of convergence is $1$.

  1. Calculate \[ \left| \dfrac{(-1)^{n+1}}{((n+1)!)^2 2(n+1)} \Bigg/ \dfrac{(-1)^n}{(n!)^2 2n} \right| = \dfrac{n}{n+1} \cdot \dfrac{1}{(n+1)^2} \to 0 \] as $n \to \infty$ so $R = \infty$.

  2. If $R \ne S$ the radius of convergence will be $\min \{R,S\}$. Indeed, if $|z| < \min \{R,S \}$ then both power series converge, so their sum does as well, but if $\min\{R,S\} < |z| < \max\{S,R\}$ the sum cannot converge as then both series would.

    If $R = S$ then the sum can have any radius of convergence $T \ge R$. Indeed, suppose $b_n = - a_n$ and fix a power series \[ \sum_{n=0}^\infty c_n z^n \] with radius of convergence $T \ge R$. Then \[ \sum_{n=0}^\infty (a_n + c_n) z^n \qquad \sum_{n=0}^\infty (b_n + c_n) \] both have radius of convergence $R$ by the previous paragraph, but their sum has radius of convergence $T$.

Differentiation of Power Series

  1. We multiple the right-hand side by $A-B$ to get \begin{align*} & A (A^{n-1} + A^{n-2} B^1 + \cdots + A^1 B^{n-2} + B^{n-1}) \\ & \qquad - B(A^{n-1} + A^{n-2} B^1 + \cdots + A^1 B^{n-2} + B^{n-1}) \\ = & (A^n + A^{n-1} B^1 + \cdots + A^2 B^{n-2} + A^1 B^{n-1}) \\ & \qquad - (A^{n-1} B^1 + A^{n-2} B^2 + \cdots + A^1 B^{n-1} + B^n) \\ = & A^n - B^n \end{align*} as desired.

    1. We can differentiate the power series for $1 / (1-z)$ inside $\ball(0,1)$ term-by-term. This gives \[ \frac{1}{(1-z)^2} = 1 + 2z + 3z^2 + 4z^3 + \cdots \]

    2. Replacing $z$ with $z^2$ in the geometric series gives \[ \frac{1}{1-z^2} = 1 + z^2 + z^4 + z^6 + \cdots \] on $\ball(0,1)$ because $|z|^2 = |z| |z| < 1$ whenever $|z| < 1$.

    3. Differentiating our answer to (b) on $\ball(0,1)$ gives \[ \dfrac{2z}{(1-z^2)^2} = 2z + 4z^3 + 6z^5 + \cdots \] for all $|z| < 1$. \qedhere

The Exponential Function and Trigonometric Functions

  1. Fix $w = u+iv \ne 0$. We need to produce $z$ with $\exp(z) = w$. From \[ \exp(x+iy) = e^x( \cos(y) + i \sin(y) ) \] we should take $x = \ln(|w|)$ and $y = \Arg(w)$.

    1. Fix $z \in \C$. We calculate \begin{align*} \exp(z + 2 \pi i n) & = \exp(x + i (y + 2 \pi n)) \\ & = e^x (\cos(y + 2\pi n) + i \sin(y + 2\pi n)) \\ & = e^x(\cos(y) + i \sin(y)) \\ & = \exp(z) \end{align*} because $\sin$ and $\cos$ have $2\pi n$ as a period for any $n \in \Z$.

    2. Suppose $\tau$ is a period of $\exp$. Then $\exp(z + \tau) = \exp(z)$ for all $z \in \C$. In particular \[ \exp(z) = \exp(z + \tau) = \exp(z) \exp(\tau) \] so $\exp(\tau) = 1$. Write $\tau = a + ib$. Then \[ 1 = e^{a} (\cos(b) + i \sin(b)) \] which forces $|1| = e^a$, $\cos(b) = 1$ and $\sin(b) = 0$. We must have $a = 0$ and $b = 2\pi n$ so $\exp$ has no other periods.

  2. Write \[ \exp(x+iy) = e^x(\cos(y) + i \sin(y)) = e^x \cos(y) + i e^x \sin(y) \] so $u(x,y) = e^x \cos(y)$ and $v(x,y) = e^x \sin(y)$. Then \begin{align*} (\partial_1 u)(x,y) = e^x \cos(y) & \qquad (\partial_2 u)(x,y) = - e^x \sin(y) \\ (\partial_1 v)(x,y) = e^x \sin(y) & \qquad (\partial_2 v)(x,y) = e^x \cos(y) \end{align*} and the Cauchy-Riemann equations are seen to be true for all $(x,y)$.

  3. If $\exp(x+iy)$ is real then $e^x \sin(y) = 0$ which is the same as $y = \pi n$ for some $n \in \Z$. If it is imaginary then $e^x \cos(y) = 0$ which is the same as $y =\pi n + \frac{\pi}{2}$.

  4. If $\exp(z) = -1$ then $e^x \cos(y) = -1$ and $e^x \sin(y) = 0$ so $x = 0$ and $y = 2\pi n + \pi$ for some $n \in \Z$.

    If $\exp(z) = 1+i$ then $e^x \cos(y) = 1$ and $e^x \sin(y) = 1$. We have $e^x = |1 + i| = \sqrt{2}$ so $x = \frac{1}{2} \ln(2)$. From $\sin(y) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} = \cos(y)$ we get $y = 2 \pi n + \frac{\pi}{4}$.

  5. \[ \cos(i) = \dfrac{\exp(i^2) + \exp(-i^2)}{2} = \dfrac{\frac{1}{e} + e}{2} = \dfrac{1 + e^2}{2e} \] \[ \sin(i) = \dfrac{\exp(i^2) - \exp(-i^2}{2i} = \dfrac{\frac{1}{e} - e}{2i} = \dfrac{1 - e^2}{2ei} \]

  6. No because the odd (respectively even) coefficients are zero: the quotient $a_{n+1} / a_n$ is not defined for all $n \in \N$.

  7. Calculate \[ \begin{aligned} & \cos(z) \cos(w) - \sin(z) \sin(w) \\ = & \dfrac{\exp(iz) + \exp(-iz)}{2} \cdot \dfrac{\exp(iw) + \exp(-iw)}{2} \\ & \qquad - \dfrac{\exp(iz) - \exp(-iz)}{2i} \cdot \dfrac{\exp(iw) - \exp(-iw)}{2i} \\ = & \dfrac{\exp(i(z+w)) + \exp(i(z-w)) + \exp(i(-z+w)) + \exp(i(-z-w))}{4} \\ & \qquad + \dfrac{\exp(i(z+w)) - \exp(i(z-w)) - \exp(i(-z+w)) + \exp(i(-z-w))}{4} \\ = & \dfrac{\exp(i(z+w)) + \exp(-i(z+w))}{2} = \cos(z+w) \end{aligned} \] and \[ \begin{aligned} & \sin(z) \cos(w) + \sin(w) \cos(z) \\ = & \dfrac{\exp(iz) - \exp(-iz)}{2i} \cdot \dfrac{\exp(iw) + \exp(-iw)}{2} \\ & \qquad + \dfrac{\exp(iw) - \exp(-iw)}{2i} \cdot \dfrac{\exp(iz) + \exp(-iz)}{2} \\ = & \dfrac{\exp(i(z+w)) + \exp(i(z-w)) - \exp(i(-z+w)) - \exp(i(-z-w))}{4i} \\ & \qquad + \dfrac{\exp(i(w+z)) + \exp(i(w-z)) - \exp(i(-w+z)) - \exp(i(-w-z))}{4i} \\ = & \dfrac{\exp(i(w+z)) - \exp(i(-w-z))}{2i} = \sin(w+z) \end{aligned} \]

  8. Calculate \begin{align*} \cosh(z) + \sinh(z) & = \dfrac{\exp(z) + \exp(-z)}{2} + \dfrac{\exp(z) - \exp(-z)}{2} \\ & = \exp(z) \end{align*}

  9. Calculate \begin{align*} & (\cosh(z))^2 - (\sinh(z)^2 \\ = & \left( \dfrac{\exp(z) + \exp(-z)}{2} \right)^2 - \left( \dfrac{\exp(z) - \exp(-z)}{2} \right)^2 \\ = & \dfrac{\exp(2z) + 2 + \exp(-2z)}{4} - \dfrac{\exp(2z) - 2 + \exp(-2z)}{4} = 1 \end{align*}