[Math] Image of sin(z) over a complex set

complex-analysis

How would you find the image of ${ x+yi : -\pi < x < \pi, y > 0 }$ under $\sin(z)$? I see that $\text{Re } \sin(x+yi) = \sin x \cosh y$ and $\text{Im } \sin(x+yi) = \cos x \sinh y$, but I'm not sure what to do next since $\sinh$ and $\cosh$ are unbounded.

Best Answer

The image is the whole complex plane minus the interval $[-1,1]$ (on the real axis) and the negative imaginary axis.

Here is a figure illustrating the mapping. (The color-coding is explained at the top of that page.)