4.II.13E
(a) State the residue theorem and use it to deduce the principle of the argument, in a form that involves winding numbers.
(b) Let . Find all such that and . Calculate for each such . [It will be helpful to set . You may use the addition formulae and .]
(c) Let be the closed path . Use your answer to (b) to give a rough sketch of the path , paying particular attention to where it crosses the real axis.
(d) Hence, or otherwise, determine for every real the number of (counted with multiplicity) such that and . (You need not give rigorous justifications for your calculations.)
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