\magnification=1200 \baselineskip=15pt \nopagenumbers \def\Log{{\rm Log}\,} \centerline{\bf Prelim in Complex Analysis, August 2003} \bigskip \noindent Let $C$ be the complex plane and $D=\{z\in C:|z|<1\}$ be the open unit disk. \bigskip \item{1.} Evaluate the following integrals. $$\int_{|z|=2}\csc z\,dz,\qquad \int_{|z|=1}{1-\cos z\over z^2}\,dz,\qquad \int_0^\pi{d\theta\over2+\cos\theta}.$$ \item{2.} If $f(z)$ is entire and $|f(z)|\le|z|^{3/2}$ for all $z$, show that $f$ is identically zero. \medskip \item{3.} Show that a function $f:D\to C$ is constant if and only if both $f$ and $\overline f$ are analytic in $D$. \medskip \item{4.} Show that the class $X$ of analytic functions $f$ in $D$ with $$\int_D|f(z)|\,dx\,dy\le1$$ is a normal family. \medskip \item{5.} Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number $$z=\Log(1+i)+\cos(1+i),$$ where $\Log$ is the branch of the logarithm on $C-\{x:x\le0\}$ with $\Log(1)=2\pi i$. \medskip \item{6.} If $f:D\to C$ is a bounded analytic function, show that $$\sup_{z\in D}(1-|z|^2)|f'(z)|\le\sup_{z\in D}|f(z)|.$$ \item{7.} Show that if $f:D\to C$ is analytic and one-to-one, then $f'(z)\not=0$ for every $z\in D$. \medskip \item{8.} If $f:D\to D$ is analytic and $f(0)=f'(0)=0$, show that $|f(z)|\le|z|^2$ for all $z\in D$. \medskip \item{9.} Find the Laurent series of $f(z)=1/[z(1-z)]$ at $z=0$, at $z=1$, at $z=2$, and at $z=\infty$. \medskip \item{10.} Let $$B(z)=\prod_{k=1}^n{a_k-z\over1-\overline a_kz},$$ where $a_1,\cdots,a_n$ are distinct points in $D-\{0\}$. Show that $$B(z)=\prod_{k=1}^n{1\over\overline a_k}+\sum_{k=1}^n{1\over \overline a_k\overline{B'(a_k)}(1-\overline a_kz)}.$$ \end