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Show your work on all problems to receive credit.
1. (10 points) Evaluate the contour integral
e z
1 z
a dz
on the complex contour
|z| = 1 (moving around it counter clockwise) for: a) |a| <1 b) |a| >1
2. (10 points) a) Evaluate the complex number z = Ln ( 2i ). Put your answer in rectangular (x+iy) form. If there are multiple answers, give them all.
2 b) Argue that e z
= e 2 Re ( )
3. (15 points) We want to use the Frobenius method to find a series solution of the form
∞
0
C n x s + n to the homogenous differential equation: x y
+ 2 y
a) Show that the indicial equations leads to the roots s = -‐1 and s = 0.
+ y = 0
b) Using s = 0, obtain a series solution. You can just list the first three terms in the series, and the recursion relation that gives the rest. b) Argue that a second solution using s = -‐1 does not exist (there has to be a second solution, it just can’t be written in the Frobenius form). x
2
4. (10 points) y ( x ) =
( ) dt . Give an expression for dy/dx. x
5. (15 points) The electrostatic potential, V, on the surface of a sphere of radius, a, is given by V(r=a,
θ
,
φ
) = V
0
(2-‐3Cos 2 θ). In the region outside of the sphere ( a< r < ∞ )
separation of variables (you don’t have to go through the full separation process, just use the outcome correctly) find an expression for the potential in the region outside of the sphere.
Useful information on Legendre
Polynomials:
∇ 2 V = 0. Using
1 1 1
P
0
( x ) = 1, P
1
( x ) = x , P
2
( x ) = (-1 + 3 x
2
), P
3
( x ) = (-3 x + 5 x
3
), P
4
( x ) = (3 - 30 x
2
+ 35 x
4
2 2 8
Orthogonality relation:
1
− 1
P l
( x ) P m
( x ) dx =
2 l
2
+ 1
δ lm
6. (10 points) Obtain the Fourier Transform of the function to the right.
)
7. Short answer questions. It’s not enough just to give and answer, you have to give a brief explanation to get credit. (5 points each)
a) True or False. For z in the complex plane, if |z -‐ 2| < 3, the -‐1 < z < 5.
b) The homogeneous differential equation for a damped (but not driven) harmonic oscillator can be written as: (D-‐a)(D-‐b) X(t) =0 where X(t) is the position as a function of time and D is the derivative operator with respect to time. If the harmonic oscillator is over damped, which of the following is true.
1. a = b
2. a and b are both imaginary
3. a and b are both real
4. a and b are both complex (having real and imaginary parts)
c) Which of the following are linear operators?
1. D 3
2. Integration
3. Taking a Logarithm
4. Obtaining the Argument of a complex number or function
d) If we want to solve Laplace’s equation in 3-‐d in cylindrical coordinates (a partial
differential equation) by separation of variables, we expect to get:
1. 3 ordinary D.E. and 2 constants of separation
2. 3 ordinary D.E. and 3 constants of separation
3. 2 ordinary D.E. and 2 constants of separation
e) We want to find all fourth roots to the complex number z = 3+ 7i (that is, we want
to find
(3 + 7 i )
1
4
). How many roots are we looking for?
€ f) Consider the Fourier Trig Series of the periodic triangle wave function in the
figure.
Which of the following are true
(could be more than one):
1. There is no constant term
2. There are no Sine terms
3. There are no Cosine terms
4. There will be a Gibb’s phenomena feature at the origin (x=0).