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GATE Complex Analysis: Analytic and Harmonic Functions – Previous Year Questions

10 GATE previous year questions on Analytic and Harmonic Functions (Complex Analysis, Mathematics) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 MA Q12 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A nonconstant entire f(z)=u(x,y)+iv(x,y),z=x+iy, defines g₁=u x−iu y and g₂=v x+iv y. Which holds?
  2. GATE 2022 MA Q13 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Let u=e2x[3x2y3y-3x2y3y]. Its harmonic conjugate v satisfies v(0,0)=2. For z=x+iy and f=u+iv, find 4+2if(iπ).
  3. GATE 2023 MA Q42 (2 marks, Multiple select) – On the unit disk f(z)=Σₙ₌₀∞a nzⁿ, where a₀=a₁=1 and a n=1/2(2n) for n≥2. P:f is one-to-one in some neighborhood of every disk point. Q:f( z ≤1/2) is…
  4. GATE 2024 MA Q11 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – An entire f satisfies f(z) =1 whenever Im z=0. Which statement is correct?
  5. GATE 2024 MA Q36 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – D is the unit disk, H the upper half-plane. Over analytic f:D→H with f(0)=i/2, find sup f′(0) .
  6. GATE 2024 MA Q37 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – On z =1, which function is a uniform limit of polynomials in z?
  7. GATE 2025 MA Q43 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – On a nonempty connected open Ω⊂ℂ, f is nonconstant. S1: if f is continuous and f² analytic, f is analytic. S2: if f² and f³ are analytic, f is…
  8. GATE 2026 MA Q17 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – f: C C is f(z)= z 2-5 z+2. At which listed point is f complex differentiable?
  9. GATE 2026 MA Q18 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Let D = z ∈ ℂ: z < 1. An analytic map f:D→D has f(0) = 0. Which is a possible f′(0)?
  10. GATE 2026 MA Q39 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – On which domain does f(z)= n=15-n(nz) represent an analytic function?