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Let , and let . What is ?
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Question 2
Let denote the punctured unit disk: . Which of the following is false?
Choose one answer.
A. 0 is an isolated point of .
B. 0 is a boundary point of .
C. 0 is an accumulation point of .
D. is open.
E. is connected.
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Question 3
Consider the set given by . Which of the following is true?
Choose one answer.
A. is closed.
B. has no interior points.
C. has no boundary points.
D. has no isolated points.
E. has no accumulation points.
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Question 4
Given two complex numbers and with principle arguments and and magnitudes and , respectively, which of the following is false?
Choose one answer.
A. The magnitude of is .
B. The principle argument of is .
C. The magnitude of does not exceed .
D. If , corresponds to a rotation of by an angle of .
E. If , then corresponds to a dilation of by .
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Question 5
If satisfies , writing , which of the following statements holds?
Choose one answer.
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
E. None of these choices
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Question 6
Let , and let . What is the principle argument (i.e. the argument in ) of ?
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Question 7
Let , and let . What is the principle argument (i.e. in ) of ?
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Question 8
Suppose that with . What is the modulus of ?
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Question 9
Which of the following pairs of functions fails to satisfy the Cauchy-Riemann equations?
Choose one answer.
A. , .
B. , .
C. , .
D. , .
E. , .
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Question 10
Let , with , where and are real-valued. Let denote the ball of radius centered at . Which of the following is true?
Choose one answer.
A. In order for to be differentiable on , it is necessary that the Cauchy-Riemann equations hold for the partial derivatives of and on .
B. In order for to be differentiable at , it is sufficient that the Cauchy-Riemann equations hold for the partial derivatives of and at .
C. In order for to be differentiable at , it is necessary and sufficient that the Cauchy-Riemann equations hold for the partial derivatives of on for some .
D. In order for to be differentiable at , it is neither necessary nor sufficient that the Cauchy-Riemann equations hold for the partial derivatives of on for some .
E. In order for to be differentiable at , it cannot be the case that the Cauchy-Riemann equations hold for the partial derivatives of on for any .
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Question 11
Which of the following is true of the complex-valued function ?
Choose one answer.
A. is not continuous.
B. is continuous, but nowhere holomorphic.
C. is holomorphic at some points in , but not entire.
D. is an entire function.
E. None of these choices
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Question 12
Let be the real part of an analytic function. Which of the following is the harmonic conjugate, , of ?
Choose one answer.
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
E. None of these choices
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Question 13
Let . Let be an accumulation point of , and let be a complex number. Choose the correct definition for the following statement:
Choose one answer.
A. , there exists such that satisfying , .
B. , there exists such that satisfying , .
C. , there exists such that satisfying , .
D. , there exists such that satisfying , .
E. , there exists such that satisfying , .
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Question 14
Which of the following statements about the complex exponential function is false?
Choose one answer.
A. The complex exponential is periodic.
B. The complex exponential is onto (i.e. surjective).
C. The complex exponential satisfies .
D. The complex exponential is holomorphic.
E. The complex exponential satisfies for all .
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Question 15
Let be the principle value of the logarithm. Which of the following could be the preimage of the set ?
Choose one answer.
A. The annulus .
B. The annulus .
C. The punctured disc .
D. The punctured disc .
E. None of these choices
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Question 16
Let be given by . Let . Then which of the following is true?
Choose one answer.
A. is a circle.
B. is a line.
C. is an ellipse.
D. is a point.
E. is the punctured unit disc.
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Question 17
Let be the Moebius transformation such that , , and . What is ?
Choose one answer.
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
E. .
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Question 18
What is the modulus of the principle value of ? (Give two decimal places of precision.)
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Question 19
True or false: A well-defined principle branch of the complex logarithm is an entire function.
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True False
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Question 20
True or false: There exists a Moebius transformation which has derivative equal to zero at the origin.
Answer:
True False
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Question 21
Suppose is a function on an open set . Let be a piecewise smooth, simple curve in Let be a smooth parametrization of . Which of the following is true?
Choose one answer.
A. If is continuous on and is closed, then for all on the interior of .
B. If is continuous and is closed, then .
C. If is holomorphic and is a primitive for , then .
D. If is holomorphic, then its derivatives are bounded on .
E. None of these choices
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Question 22
Define the following contours: for .

for .

for .

Which of the following is true?
Choose one answer.
A. is simple.
B. is closed.
C. is homotopic to in .
D. is homotopic to in .
E. The winding number of around is zero.
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Question 23
Let be a function which is analytic on a domain , and let be a simple contour in . Which of the following is true?
Choose one answer.
A. In order to have , it is necessary that is closed.
B. In order to have , it is sufficient that is closed.
C. In order to have , it is necessary and sufficient that is closed.
D. In order to have , it is neither necessary nor sufficient that is closed.
E. In order to have , it cannot be the case that is closed.
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Question 24
Which of the following smooth curves in the complex plane is longest?
Choose one answer.
A. , .
B. , .
C. , .
D. , .
E. , .
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Question 25
Which of the following is true?
Choose one answer.
A. Analytic functions which are bounded on a subset of their domain are constant on that subset.
B. is a bounded, entire function.
C. If is a well-defined branch of the logarithm and is a simple closed contour in , then .
D. If is a polynomial of degree on , then if is a bounded, entire function, we know with certainty.
E. If a function satisfies for all simple closed contours in , then is bounded.
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Question 26
Let be the positively oriented circle of radius centered at in the complex plane. What is the value of ?
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Question 27
Let be the positively oriented circle of radius centered at in the complex plane. What is the value of ?
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Question 28
Compute , where is the line segment from to . (Give precision to the hundredths place.)
Answer:
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Question 29
Let . Let . Let . Which of the following is false?
Choose one answer.
A. converges to on .
B. converges uniformly to on .
C. converges to 1.
D. is constant.
E. converges absolutely on .
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Question 30
Consider the power series . Which of the following is false?
Choose one answer.
A. The radius of convergence is at least 1 if is bounded.
B. The radius of convergence is at most 1 if does not converge to zero.
C. If is strictly increasing, then the series does not converge.
D. If there exists with for all and for some , has radius of convergence , then has radius of convergence of at least .
E. If exists, then is the radius of convergence of .
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Question 31
What is the radius of convergence for the following power series in : ?
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Question 32
Suppose a sequence of continuous functions converges uniformly to zero on . True or false: .
Answer:
True False
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Question 33
Suppose a function has a Laurent series of the form . Match the type of function with its Laurent series.
for every .
A nonzero, finite number of the coefficients with are nonzero.
An infinite number of the coefficients with are nonzero.
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Question 34
Consider the function . Denote the punctured unit disc by . Let and . Which of the following statements is false?
Choose one answer.
A. Given any point in , there is a point s.t. with .
B. is not bounded on .
C. is analytic on .
D. is an entire function.
E. has no poles.
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Question 35
Consider the function on . Which of the following is true about the singularities of ?
Choose one answer.
A. has an essential singularity at .
B. has a removable singularity at .
C. has an essential singularity at .
D. has a pole at .
E. has poles at and .
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Question 36
Consider the function . Which of the following statements is true?
Choose one answer.
A. has a removable singularity at .
B. has a removable singularity at .
C. has an essential singularity at .
D. has a pole at .
E. has a pole at .
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Question 37
The proof that holomorphic functions on open, connected sets have power series representations relies on which of the following results?
Choose one answer.
A. Morera's theorem
B. Cauchy's integral formula
C. Poisson's integral representation
D. Liouville's theorem
E. Riemann mapping theorem
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Question 38
Let and be non-constant holomorphic functions on with . Let be a bounded domain. Which of the following is possible?
Choose one answer.
A. attains a maximum on the interior of G.
B. for all , where is sequence in converging to a point in .
C. and have the same power series representations on .
D. is a bounded function.
E. There exists a contour in such that .
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Question 39
Let be a meromorphic function defined on by . Let be parameterized by , . What is the value of ?
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Question 40
Calculate the residue of at .
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Question 41
Calculate the residue of at .
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Question 42
Let be a function on an open set with singularities at . Let be a closed curve in . Which of the conditions below is not necessary for the following formula to hold?
Choose one answer.
A. is holomorphic on .
B. is simply connected.
C. is positively oriented and simple.
D. The singularities lie inside .
E. All of these choices are necessary.
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Question 43
Suppose is a function that is holomorphic inside and on a simple, closed curve , and that for all inside and on , . Which of the following is false?
Choose one answer.
A. .
B. .
C. is constant inside .
D. has no zeros inside or on for .
E. \frac{1}{f(z) has a power series representation valid inside .
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Question 44
Let . Let be the positively oriented circle of radius 2, centered at the origin. What is the value of ?
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Question 45
Let be the positively oriented circle of radius 2, centered at the origin. What is the value of ?
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Question 46
Let . Let be parameterized by , . What is the value of ?
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Question 47
Compute . (Hint: use residues.) Your answer should be correct to the hundredths place.
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Question 48
Compute . (Hint: use a half-annulus contour.) Your answer should be correct to the hundredths place.
Answer:
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Question 49
Let be an open set. Let . Which of the following is true?
Choose one answer.
A. In order for to be harmonic, it is necessary that there exist a holomorphic function on with .
B. In order for to be harmonic, it is sufficient that there exist a holomorphic function on with .
C. In order for to be harmonic, it is necessary and sufficient that there exist a holomorphic function on with .
D. In order for to be harmonic, it is neither necessary nor sufficient that there exist a holomorphic function on with .
E. In order for to be harmonic, there cannot exist a holomorphic function on with .
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Question 50
Let be a simply connected, open set. Let be an entire function, and let on . Which of the following is the strongest statement that can be made about ?
Choose one answer.
A. is constant on .
B. on .
C. is constant on .
D. has no zeros in .
E. has infinitely many zeros in .
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Question 51
True or false: Consider a function , where and are real-valued. Let be the annulus , and let be the disc . Suppose that achieves its maximum in on the interior of . Then cannot be holomorphic in .
Answer:
True False
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Question 52
Let be a map which is conformal from to , where . Which of the following is a possible choice for ?
Choose one answer.
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
E. , where is the principal branch of the logarithm.
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Question 53
Let . If , what is ?
Choose one answer.
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
E. .
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Question 54
Let . Define a mapping on by . What is ?
Choose one answer.
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
E. .
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Question 55
Suppose that is a simply connected, open set. Let be a nonconstant function. Which of the following is true?
Choose one answer.
A. In order for to be open for any open subset , it is necessary that be analytic.
B. In order for to be open for any open subset , it is sufficient that be analytic.
C. In order for to be open for any open subset , it is necessary and sufficient that be analytic.
D. In order for to be open for any open subset , it is neither necessary nor sufficient that be analytic.
E. In order for to be open for any open subset , cannot be analytic.
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Question 56
Let , and let . If an analytic bijection does not exist between and , which of the following is not a possible cause?
Choose one answer.
A. is not open.
B. is not simply connected.
C. .
D. contains the origin.
E. Both A and B
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