complex tangent and cotangent
The tangent and the cotangent function for complex values of the are defined with the equations
Using the Euler’s formulae (http://planetmath.org/ComplexSineAndCosine), one also can define
(1) |
The subtraction formulae of cosine and sine (http://planetmath.org/ComplexSineAndCosine) yield an additional between the cotangent and tangent:
Thus the properties of the tangent are easily derived from the corresponding properties of the cotangent.
Because of the identic equation the cosine and sine do not vanish simultaneously, and so their quotient is finite in all finite points of the complex plane except in the zeros () of , where becomes infinite. We shall see that these multiples of are simple poles of .
If one moves from to , then both and change their signs (cf. antiperiodic function), and therefore their quotient remains unchanged. Accordingly, is a period of . But if is an arbitrary period of , we have , and especially gives ; then (1) says that , i.e. . Since the prime period of the complex exponential function is , the last equation is valid only for the values (). Thus we have shown that the prime period of is .
We know that
therefore
This result, together with
means that is a simple pole of .
Because of the periodicity, has the simple poles in the points . Since one has the derivative
is holomorphic in all finite points except those poles, which accumulate only to the point . Thus the cotangent is a meromorphic function. The same concerns naturally the tangent function.
As all meromorphic functions, the cotangent may be expressed as a series with the partial fraction (http://planetmath.org/PartialFractionsOfExpressions) terms of the form , where ’s are the poles — see this entry (http://planetmath.org/ExamplesOfInfiniteProducts).
The real (http://planetmath.org/CmplexFunction) and imaginary parts of tangent and cotangent are seen from the formulae
which may be derived from (1) by substituting ().
References
- 1 R. Nevanlinna & V. Paatero: Funktioteoria. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki (1963).
Title | complex tangent and cotangent |
Canonical name | ComplexTangentAndCotangent |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 16:49:56 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 16:49:56 |
Owner | pahio (2872) |
Last modified by | pahio (2872) |
Numerical id | 10 |
Author | pahio (2872) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 30A99 |
Classification | msc 30D10 |
Classification | msc 33B10 |
Related topic | ExamplesOfInfiniteProducts |
Related topic | QuasiPeriodicFunction |
Related topic | HyperbolicFunctions |
Related topic | QuasiperiodicFunction |