Complex Analysis
This note is based on a book called A first course in complex analysis with applications.
Complex Numbers and Complex Plane
Principal Argument The symbol arg() actually represents a set of values, but the argument
of a complex number that lies in the interval
is called the principal value of arg(
) or the principal argument of
.
In general, arg() and Arg(
) are related by
de Moivre's Formula When , we have
then
This formula is known as de Moivre's formula.
If we take arg() from the interval
, the relationship between a complex number
and its argument is single-valued; that is, every nonzero complex number has precisely one angle in
. But there is nothing special about the interval
; we also establish a single-valued relationship by using the interval
to dfin the principal value of the argument of
. For the interval
, the negative real axis in analogous to a barrier that we agree not to cross; the technical name for this barrier is a branch cut.
Annulus The set of points satisfying the inequality
lie exterior to the circle of radius
centered at
, whereas the set
of points satisfying
lie interior to the circle of radius
centered at
. Thus if
, the set of points satisfying the simultaneous inequality
is the intersection of the sets and
. This intersection is an open circular ring centered at
. Figure 1.19(d) illustrates such a ring centered at the origin. The set defined by
is called an open circular annulus. By allowing
, we obtain a deleted neighborhood of
.
Application of complex analysis in the context of electrical engineering
Consider the problem of finding the steady-state current in an LRC-series circuit in which the charge
on the capacitor for time
is described by the differential equation
Assuming a solution of the form . Then we are left with
where the quantities
They are called the reactance and impedance of the circuit, respectively. Thus the solution is
From this solution and , we obtain the steady-state current
To avoid confusion with the current i, an electrical engineer will denote the imaginary unit by the symbol
. Then replace
with
. Then we try the solution
. Then we substitute it into the original equation and obtain the result
From it, we obtain
The denominator of the last expression is called the complex impedance of the circuit .
Then the steady-state current is given by
Complex Functions and Mappings
Example: Image of a Vertical Line under .

Example: Image of a Vertical Line under .

Principal Square Root Function
The function defined by
is called the Principal square root function.
Reciprocal FunctionThe function , whose domain is the set of all nonzero complex numbers, is called the reciprocal function.
Example: Mapping of a semi-infinite strip. Find the image of the semi-infinite horizontal strip defined by .
under
.

Analytic Functions
Analytic Functions Even though the requirement of differentiability is a stringent demand, there is a class of functions that is of great importance whose members satisfy even more severe requirements. These functions are called analytic functions.
Analyticity at a Point A complex function is said to be analytic at a point
if
is differentiable at
and at every point in some neighborhood of
.
A function is analytic in a domain D if it is analytic at every point in
. A function
that is analytic throughout a domain
is called holomorphic or regular.
Analyticity at a point is not the same as differentiability at a point. Analyticity at a point is a neighborhood property. Analyticity is a property that is defined over an open set. For example is differentiable at
but is not differentiable anywhere else. Even though
is differentiable at
, it is not analytic at that point because there exists no neighborhood of
throughout which
is differentiable. Hence the function
is nowhere analytic.
Entire Functions A function that is analytic at every point in the complex plane is said to be an entire function.
Cauchy-Riemann Equations Suppose is differentiable at a point
. Then at
the first-order partial derivatives of
and
exist and satisfy the Cauchy-Riemann equations