Wednesday, 23 April 2014

complex analysis - Entire function real and imaginary part product




Let f be an entire function such that (f(z))(f(z))0 for all z then f is constant. Prove or give contradicting example.
I know about Louisville's theorem and Cauchy–Riemann equations but I don't see how to use them in this situation. I've tried to bound |f(z)| but I could only show that |f(z)|(f(z))+(f(z)). I would like a hint.


Answer



Write f(z)=u(z)+iv(z), so that u=(f) and v=(f). The trick to many of these problems is to find a suitable auxiliary function: as Daniel Fischer mentioned, a good candidate would be a function whose real or imaginary part is uv. How about g(z)=f(z)2=u(z)2v(z)2+2iu(z)v(z)? By hypothesis, (g(z))0 for all z . . .


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