Exercise · ZW-CAUCHY-GOURSAT-THEOREM-009 · ★★★ Advanced

Compute \(\displaystyle\oint_T\tan z\,dz\), with \(T\) the triangle with vertices \(0,\,1,\,i\) traversed once.

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  • C. \(0\)

Explanation

\(\tan z\) fails only at \(\frac{\pi}{2}+k\pi\), at distance \(\approx 1.57\) from the origin; the triangle and its interior lie in \(|z|\le 1\), so the integral is \(0\).

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