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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ib Paper 4 4G Solution by
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Rouché's theorem. Suppose are holomorphic functions on a neighbourhood of the closure of a bounded domain enclosed by a simple, positively oriented, piecewise smooth curve. If on the boundary, then and have the same number of zeros inside, counted with multiplicity.
Apply Rouche theorem with and on the first-quadrant quarter-disc of radius . On the two radial segments, is nonnegative real, so , whereas . On the circular arc,At every arc point with positive imaginary part, , giving the strict inequality; at the remaining endpoint , . Thus the strict boundary inequality holds everywhere, including the origin.
The four zeros of have modulus and arguments . Exactly one lies inside the chosen domain. Rouche theorem gives exactly one zero of there, counted with multiplicity, so that zero is simple. Finally any zero in the open first quadrant satisfiesThere can be no additional zero outside the quarter-disc. Hence
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