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Prove: Let a curve C in the z plane, which may or may not be closed, be defined by the parametric equations                                                              

            x = f(t)

            y = g(t)                                                                      


where f(t) and g(t) are assumed to be continuously differentiable. Then the transformation


1)        z = f(w) + ig(w)


maps the real axis AB of the w plane onto curve C. See Fig. 1.


Proof. If z = x + iy and w = u + iv, the transformation can be written as


2)        x + iy = f(u + iv) + ig(u + iv) .


The real axis in the w plane corresponds to v = 0. Setting v = 0 in 2) we get


            x + iy = f(u) + ig(u)


i.e. x = f(u), y = g(u), which represents curve C.


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