Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences · Problem 9.14

FUNCTIONS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE — Mary Boas

Mathematics — Methods · conformal-mapping-rotation-magnification

Problem

We have discussed the fact that a conformal transformation magnifies and rotates an infinitesimal geometrical figure. We showed that ∣dw/dz∣|dw/dz| is the magnification factor. Show that the angle of dw/dzdw/dz is the rotation angle. Hint: Consider the rotation and magnification of an arc dz=dx+i dydz = dx + i\,dy (of length dsds and angle arctan⁡ dy/dx\arctan\,dy/dx) which is required to obtain the image of dzdz, namely dwdw.

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