How to derive the branch cuts for complex arcsin(z)

  • Context: Graduate 
  • Thread starter Thread starter monmon_4
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Branch Complex Derive
Join the discussion
Ask a follow-up here, or get your own question answered by working scientists, mathematicians and engineers — people, not an autocomplete.
Real named experts · corrections over time · the nuance an AI answer skips
1 reply · 3K views
monmon_4
Messages
15
Reaction score
0
I notice that the branch cuts for arcsin(z) are from -infinity to -1 and 1 to infinity. How do these choices for the branch cuts make the function single-valued? I am having trouble understanding the reasoning here even though these choices for the cuts are widely used/accepted.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
I believe that any two paths from -1 and 1 to infinity that don't intersect themselves or each other (i.e. leaves the complex plane connected) will work. The standard ones seem like a good choice. They are simple and symmetric wrt the real axis.