3.I.3B

Further Analysis | Part IB, 2001

State a version of Rouché's Theorem. Find the number of solutions (counted with multiplicity) of the equation

z4=a(z−1)(z2−1)+12z^{4}=a(z-1)\left(z^{2}-1\right)+\frac{1}{2}

inside the open disc {z:∣z∣<2}\{z:|z|<\sqrt{2}\}, for the cases a=13,12a=\frac{1}{3}, 12 and 5 .

[Hint: For the case a=5a=5, you may find it helpful to consider the function (z2−1)(z−\left(z^{2}-1\right)(z- 2) (z−3)(z-3).]

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