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  1. Integral of an exponential over a triangle ●○○○○ 10 ptsLet γ\gamma be the triangle in C\mathbb C whose vertices are the three cube roots of 1+i1+i, oriented clockwise. Find the value of ∫γe2z+i dz.\int_\gamma e^{2z+i}\, dz.
  2. Contour integral over upper half circle ●●○○○ 20 ptsFind ∫C(1+2z) dz\int_C \left(1+\frac{2}{z}\right)\,dz, where CC is the upper unit half-circle C(θ)=eiθC(\theta)=e^{i\theta}, 0≤θ≤π0 \le \theta \le \pi, traversed from z=1z=1 to z=−1z=-1. Give the real part and the imaginary part of the result separately. Round the imaginary part to two decimal places.
  3. Contour integral of 1/(z^2+1) ●●○○○ 20 ptsCompute the complex contour integral ∫∣z∣=21z2+1 dz\displaystyle\int_{|z|=2}\frac{1}{z^2+1}\,dz, where the circle ∣z∣=2|z|=2 is traversed once counterclockwise.
  4. Argument principle on a doubly traversed circle ●●○○○ 20 ptsLet f(z)=z3ez2f(z)=z^3e^{z^2} for z∈Cz\in\mathbb{C}, and let Γ\Gamma be the circle z=eiθz=e^{i\theta}, where 0≤θ≤4π0\leq\theta\leq4\pi, so the contour goes around the unit circle twice counterclockwise. Find 12πi∮Γf′(z)f(z) dz\frac{1}{2\pi i}\oint_{\Gamma} \frac{f'(z)}{f(z)}\,dz.
  5. Contour integral of a square-root branch ●●●○○ 50 ptsLet CC be the circle ∣z∣=R|z|=R with R>1R>1, centred at the origin. Use the branch of (z2−1)1/2(z^2-1)^{1/2} with a straight branch cut joining z=−1z=-1 and z=1z=1, chosen so that (z2−1)1/2>0(z^2-1)^{1/2}>0 for real x>1x>1. Let I=∮C(z2−1)1/2 dzI=\oint_C (z^2-1)^{1/2}\,dz, taken counterclockwise. Write I=b iI=b\,i with bb real. Find bb, rounded to two decimal places.
  6. Principal value with real poles ●●●○○ 50 ptsFind the Cauchy principal value of ∫−∞∞x dx(x−1)4−1\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{x\,dx}{(x-1)^4-1}, where the poles at 00 and 22 lie on the real axis. Round to two decimal places.
  7. Complex line integral of 1/(1+z^2) ●●●○○ 50 ptsEvaluate ∫11+i11+z2 dz\int_1^{1+i}\frac{1}{1+z^2}\,dz along the straight line segment from z=1z=1 to z=1+iz=1+i. Give the real part and the imaginary part of the result separately. Round each to two decimal places.

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