% vim: tw=50 % 24/02/2023 10AM \begin{flashcard}[casorati-weierstrass] \begin{theorem*}[Casorati-Weierstrass] \cloze{ $f : D(a, R)^\times \to \CC$ with essential singularity at $z = a$. Then $f$ has dense image on any neighbourhood of $a$; that is, $\forall w \in \CC$, $\forall \eps > 0$, $\forall \delta > 0$ then $\exists z \in D(a, \delta)^\times$ such that $|f(z) - w| < \eps$.} \end{theorem*} \end{flashcard} \begin{proof} Example Sheet 2. \end{proof} \myskip More difficult: ``great Picard theorem''. If $z = a$ is an essential singularity of $f$, then $\exists b \in \CC$ such that $\forall \eps > 0$, $\CC \setminus \{b\} \subseteq f((D(a, \eps)^*)$. \myskip Exercise: $f(z) = e^z$ has an essential singularity at $\infty$, and takes every non-zero value on every neighbourhood of $\infty$. \begin{remark*} An advantage of the Riemann sphere perspective: if $f : D(a, R)^* \to \CC$ has a pole at $z = a$, we can view $f$ as a continuous map $f : D(a, R) \to \CC_\infty$, with $f(a) = \infty$. $f$ is ``holomorphic at $a$'' in the $\CC_\infty$ sense since $\frac{1}{f}$ is holomorphic on a neighbourhood of $a$, with a zero of the same order as the pole of $f$. \end{remark*} \begin{flashcard}[meromorphic-function] \begin{definition*} Suppose $D$ is a domain. A function $f$ is \emph{meromorphic} on $D$ if \cloze{$f : D \setminus S \to \CC$ is holomorphic, where $S$ is a set of \fcemph{isolated singularities} for $f$ which are removable or poles.} \end{definition*} \end{flashcard} \begin{flashcard}[residue-of-function] \begin{definition*} Let $f : D(a, R)^* \to \CC$ be holomorphic with Laurent expansion $f(z) = \sum_{n = -\infty}^\infty c_n (z - a)^n$. The \emph{residue} of $f$ at $z = a$ is \[ \cloze{\Res_{z = a} f(z) \defeq c_{-1} \in \CC} \] \end{definition*} \end{flashcard} \begin{flashcard}[principal-part-of-function] \begin{definition*} Let $f : D(a, R)^* \to \CC$ be holomorphic with Laurent expansion $f(z) = \sum_{n = -\infty}^\infty c_n(z - a)^n$. The \emph{principal part} of $f$ at $z = a$ is \[ \cloze{\sum_{n = -\infty}^{-1} c_n(z - a)^n} \] \end{definition*} \end{flashcard} \begin{flashcard}[integral-formula-for-annulus] \begin{proposition*} Let $\gamma$ be a closed curve in $D(a, R)^*$. Then \[ \int_\gamma f(z) \dd z = \cloze{2\pi i I(\gamma; a) \Res_{z = a} f(z)} \] \end{proposition*} \end{flashcard} \begin{proof} Using uniform convergence of Laurent expansion of $f$, we have that: \[ \int_\gamma f(z) \dd z = \sum_{n = -\infty}^\infty c_n \left[ \int_\gamma (z - a)^n \dd z \right] \] Since \[ \int_\gamma (z - a)^n \dd z = \begin{cases} 0 & n \neq -1 \\ 2\pi i I(\gamma; a) & n = -1 \end{cases} \] the proposition is proved. \end{proof} \myskip If $f$ is meromorphic on a domain $D$, and $z = a$ is a pole of $f$ in $D$, then its principal part at $z = a$ is of the form \[ \frac{c_{-k}}{(z - a)^k} + \frac{c_{-k + 1}}{(z - a)^{k - 1}} + \cdots + \frac{c_{-1}}{z - a} \] a polynomial in $\frac{1}{z - a}$, and can be written as $\frac{p(z)}{(z - a)^k}$ for some polynomial $p$. So the principal part of $f$ at $z = a$ is holomorphic on $\CC \setminus \{a\}$. \myskip More generally, if $f$ is meromorphic on $D$, and $\{a_1, \ldots, a_m\} \subseteq \{\text{poles of $f$ in $D$}\}$, with $p_i(x)$ the principal part of $f$ at $z = a_i$, then the function \[ g(z) = f(z) - \sum_{i = 1}^m p_i(z) \] is meromorphic on $D$, with removable singularities at $a_1, \ldots, a_m$. \begin{flashcard}[residue-thm] \begin{theorem*}[Residue Theorem] \cloze{ Let $f$ be \fcemph{meromorphic} on a domain $D$, and $\gamma$ a curve which is \fcemph{homologous to zero} in $D$. Suppose $\gamma$ \fcemph{does not contain any pole} of $f$, and $f$ has only \fcemph{finitely many poles} in $D$ with non-zero winding number for $\gamma$; call them $\{a_1, \ldots, a_m\}$. Then \[ \int_\gamma f(z) \dd z = 2\pi i \sum_{i = 1}^m I(\gamma; a_i) \Res_{z = a_i} f(z) \] } \end{theorem*} \end{flashcard} \begin{proof} Let $P_i$ denote the principal part of $f$ at $z = a_i$, and write $g = f - \sum_{i = 1}^\infty P_i$. Then by Cauchy's theorem, \[ \int_\gamma g = 0, \qquad \text{i.e.} \qquad \int_\gamma f = \sum_{i = 1}^m \int_\gamma P_i \] Each $P_i$ is holomorphic on $\CC \setminus \{a_i\}$ as we argued, so by the previous proposition we have \[ \int_\gamma P_i = 2\pi i I(\gamma; a_i) \Res_{z = a_i} P_i(z) \] By definition, $\Res_{z = a_i} P_i(z) = \Res_{z = a_i} f(z)$, so \[ \int_\gamma f = 2\pi i \sum_{i = 1}^\infty I(\gamma; a_i) \Res_{z = a_i} f(z) \qedhere \] \end{proof} \subsubsection*{Remarks} \begin{enumerate}[(1)] \item[($*$)] If $\gamma$ is homologous to $0$ in a domain $D$, then $\{z \in \CC : I(\gamma; z) \neq 0 \text{ or } z \in \gamma\}$ is a closed set and a bounded set. Notice that the winding number is a continuous function on $\CC \setminus \gamma$, taking values in a discrete set, then $\{z \in \CC \setminus \gamma : I(\gamma; z) = 0\}$ is open. So the complement is closed. Since the polws of $f$ are isolated, this closed bounded set contains only finitely many of them (Bolzano-Weierstrass). \item $f$ holomorphic on $D$: Residue theorem implies Cauchy's theorem. \item $f(z) = \frac{g(z)}{z - a}$. Then $\Res_{z = a} f(z) = g(a)$, so Residue theorem implies CIF. \item \begin{flashcard}[bounds-a-domain] \prompt{What does it mean for a curve to bound a domain? \\} \cloze{ We say a closed curve $\gamma$ \emph{bounds a domain} $\mathcal{U}$ if \[ I(\gamma; z) = \begin{cases} 1 & z \in \mathcal{U} \\ 0 & z \not\in \mathcal{U} \end{cases} \] } \end{flashcard} If $\gamma$ is a closed curve in a domain $D$ which bounds a domain $\mathcal{U}$, and $f$ is holomorphic on $D$, then $\int_\gamma f = 0$ and \[ \int_\gamma \frac{f(z)}{z - w} \dd z = 2\pi i f(w) \qquad \forall w \in \mathcal{U} \setminus \gamma \] If $f$ is meromorphic on $D$ with no poles on $\gamma$, then \[ \int_\gamma f = 2\pi i \sum_{\text{$w$ poles in $\mathcal{U}$}} \Res_{z = w} f(z) \] \end{enumerate}