66 CHAPTER 2 • COMPLEX FUNCTIONS
y
v
2 ib a+ib
Figure 2.13 T he transformation w = z^2.
What happens to images of regions under the mapping
1 ·~ l · t ·9
w =f(z)=lzl'e'^2 =r>e'> forz= re' :;{:O,
where -1f < (J :S 7r? If we use polar coordinates for w = pei in the w plane, we
can represent this mapping by the system
p=r~ and ¢=~.
2
(2-12}
Equations (2-12) indicate that the argument off (z) is half the argument of
z and that the modulus off (z) is the square root of the modulus of z. Points
that lie on the ray r > 0, (J = a are mapped onto the ray p > 0, </> = ~. The
image of the z plane (with the point z = 0 deleted) consists of the right half·
plane Re (w) > 0 togethe r with the positive v-axis. The mapping is shown in
Figure 2.14.
v
x u
p:rl
9 =~
-rr< es "
Figure 2.14 T he mapping w = z!.