Paper 1, Section II, B

Further Complex Methods | Part II, 2014

Show that the Cauchy-Riemann equations for f:C→Cf: \mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C} are equivalent to

∂f∂zˉ=0, \frac{\partial f}{\partial \bar{z}}=0 \text {, }

where z=x+iyz=x+i y, and ∂/∂zˉ\partial / \partial \bar{z} should be defined in terms of ∂/∂x\partial / \partial x and ∂/∂y\partial / \partial y. Use Green's theorem, together with the formula dzdzˉ=−2idxdyd z d \bar{z}=-2 i d x d y, to establish the generalised Cauchy formula

∮γf(z,zˉ)dz=−∬D∂f∂zˉdzdzˉ\oint_{\gamma} f(z, \bar{z}) d z=-\iint_{D} \frac{\partial f}{\partial \bar{z}} d z d \bar{z}

where γ\gamma is a contour in the complex plane enclosing the region DD and ff is sufficiently differentiable.

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