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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2003 ib Paper 1 7B Solution by
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Since and are harmonic conjugates, is a holomorphic function on , with and . The entire function can be composed with . Its value isBy the complex chain rule the composition is holomorphic on , so its real and imaginary parts obey the Cauchy-Riemann equations. They are harmonic as well: differentiating those equations gives and likewise . Hence are a pair of harmonic conjugates on . No simple-connectivity assumption is needed because the conjugate pair is already supplied globally. The PDF has in both expressions; the differing TeX exponents are transcription defects.
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