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Problem 2

Solution 2



Problem 4

Suppose is holomorphic on a region containing the disk and that if . How many solutions does the equation have in the disc ? Justify your answer.

Solution 4

We know on . Similarly, since then on . This gives on .


So by Rouché's theorem, since both functions are holomorphic (i.e. have no poles), then has the same number of zeros as on the domain . Since has only one zero (namely 0), then there is only one solution to inside the open disc .

Observe that for any , since that would imply for some on the boundary, contradicting the hypothesis.

Thus, there is only one solution to inside the open disc .

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