Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 105 1 iii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
Set . The equation is equivalent to . Because is continuously differentiable, the Cauchy-Riemann equations imply that it is a holomorphic function of . Its convergent complex Taylor series restricts to a real power series along , so is a real analytic function.
For smooth-data instability of the Cauchy-Riemann Cauchy problem, chooseThese are entire functions and satisfy the equation. Their initial derivatives obey , so every finite sum tends to zero. ButThus analytic solutions can exist while continuous dependence on initial data fails for this smooth-data topology.
The Cauchy estimate follows directly from the differentiated Cauchy integral formula:The circle has length , giving the bound for every integer .
Put and integrate on the straight segment . For fixed , a disc centred at with radius approaching stays inside . Applying the first-derivative Cauchy estimate there givesIntegrating its modulus and taking the supremum over is exactly the asserted integral estimate. The source cancels from .
To obtain a contraction mapping, use the weighted holomorphic norm on a shrinking time domain. Its finite-norm space consists of holomorphic functions on with zero initial value; the apparent quotient at is interpreted by a limit. Completeness follows because convergence in this norm implies locally uniform convergence of holomorphic functions, including near , and the limiting pointwise bounds give convergence in the norm.
Here is the explicit contraction estimate on a shrinking holomorphic domain. Write , , , and chooseThen and . The whole auxiliary polydisc lies inside , and its supremum of is at most . ConsequentlyThus . Choose . The source is bounded on the closed polydisc, say by , and . Therefore maps the Banach space into itself and is a strict contraction mapping. The Banach fixed-point theorem gives a holomorphic fixed point with . Differentiating the integral identity yields , establishing this case of the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem.
Finally, near each real initial point, a real analytic function has a holomorphic extension . Apply the same construction to with and source , restricting the discs if necessary. This gives a local real analytic function of with the prescribed initial value. Equivalently the solution is wherever the extension is defined.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 3 23F Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
For the period lattice , define the Weierstrass elliptic function byTo prove Normal convergence of the Weierstrass elliptic-function series, let be compact and choose with on . For ,The comparison series converges by the stated lattice-sum criterion. The Weierstrass M-test gives uniform convergence on ; since was arbitrary, the series converges locally uniformly away from . The locally uniform convergence of holomorphic functions makes its sum holomorphic there, and the displayed principal term gives a double pole at every lattice point.
The function is even and satisfiesThe three nonzero two-torsion points are distinct modulo and each equals its own negative modulo . Therefore no two can have the same -value, so are distinct. Equivalently, is a degree-two branched map and each half-lattice point already occupies its fiber with multiplicity two.
For a transitive example, take the equianharmonic latticeand define . Multiplication by preserves , so is a conformal equivalence. On the nonzero half-lattice points it acts bybecause . Thus it acts transitively.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 150 3 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
For ,On every compact subset of , the terms are bounded by a convergent series . The Weierstrass M-test gives locally uniform convergence, and the theorem on locally uniform convergence of holomorphic functions shows that the limit is an analytic function. Hence is analytic throughout .
Let and . The displayed norm makes the holomorphic functions with finite norm a Banach space. Finiteness forces : for fixed , the weight grows like near zero. A Cauchy sequence in this norm converges uniformly on every compact subset of , including at . Its limit is holomorphic by locally uniform convergence of holomorphic functions, and the pointwise norm bounds show convergence in the original norm. The shrinking domain compensates for loss of an -derivative in a Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem argument.