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MAT3705 — Assignment 3
Learning Units 5 and 6 — 2026
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Module Code: MAT3705
Module Name: Complex Analysis
Assignment No.: Assignment 3
Due Date: 23 July 2026
Semester: 2026
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for MAT3705
at the University of South Africa.
, MAT3705 - 2026
Assignment 3
Learning units 5 and 6
Due date: 23 July 2026
Please note:
Only handwritten assignments will be accepted. No typed solutions will be accepted.
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This assignment has 4 pages and 5 questions. Please make sure that you answer all the questions.
Questions:
Section A: Multiple choice
Please insert and complete the following table to answer the questions in Section A:
Question 1(a) 1(b) 1(c) 1(d)
Answer
e3z
1. Let f (z) = and let C = {z ∈ C : |z − i| = 2} denote a positively oriented contour which
(z 2 + 4)(z − 2i) Z
is traversed once. The aim of this question is to determine the value of f (z) dz using Cauchy’s Integral
C
Formula. It is advisable that you work through the problem in detail before completing the table above
(in other words, work through the problem as you normally would and then select the appropriate options
to enter into the table). Please note that only the completed table will be marked in this section.
(a) Select the correct option:
i. Both z = 2i and z = −2i are interior to C.
ii. Neither z = 2i nor z = −2i are interior to C.
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, iii. z = 2i is interior to C and z = −2i is exterior to C.
iv. z = −2i is interior to C and z = 2i is exterior to C.
(b) Select the correct option:
e3z
i. If we let g(z) = , then g is analytic everywhere inside and on C.
(z − 2i)2
e3z
ii. If we let g(z) = , then g is analytic everywhere inside and on C.
z + 2i
e3z
iii. If we let g(z) = , then g is analytic everywhere inside and on C.
z − 2i
e3z
iv. If we let g(z) = 2 , then g is analytic everywhere inside and on C.
z +4
(c) Select the correct option:
e3z
Z
i. f (z) dz = 2πig(−2i), where g(z) = .
z − 2i
ZC
e3z
ii. f (z) dz = 2πig(2i), where g(z) = 2 .
C z +4
e3z
Z
iii. f (z) dz = 2πig ′ (−2i), where g(z) = .
C (z − 2i)2
e3z
Z
iv. f (z) dz = 2πig ′ (2i), where g(z) = .
C z + 2i
(d) Select the correct option:
πe6i (12 − i)
Z
i. f (z) dz = .
8
ZC
πe−6i (12 + i)
ii. f (z) dz = .
C 8
πe6i
Z
iii. f (z) dz = .
C 4
πe−6i
Z
iv. f (z) dz = .
C −2
Section B: Longer answers
Please make sure that you answer the following questions in full (by including all calculations and justifi-
cations).
2. Let γ(t) = −t + i(2t) for t ∈ [0, 1] and let f (z) = z 2 + z.
R
(a) Calculate γ f (z) dz, using Theorem 5.2.4 (see Lesson 24).
R
(b) Calculate γ f (z) dz, using Theorem 5.3.1 (see Lesson 25).
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3. Let f (z) = . Calculate the Laurent series of f about the point z = −3i in the region 3 < |z + 3i|.
z(z + 3i)
z 2 ez
4. Find the first four non-zero terms in the Laurent expansion of f (z) = about the point z = 0 in the
sin z
region 0 < |z| < π, using division of known power series (see Lesson 30).
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