Exercise · ZW-CONTOUR-INTEGRAL-002 · ★☆☆ Basic

Compute \(\displaystyle\oint_{|z|=1}\frac{dz}{z}\), with the circle traversed once counterclockwise.

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  • D. \(2\pi i\)

Explanation

With \(\gamma(t)=e^{it}\): \(\int_0^{2\pi}e^{-it}\,ie^{it}\,dt=i\int_0^{2\pi}dt=2\pi i\).

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The contour integral of a continuous function \(f\) over a contour \(C\) with parametrization \(\gamma\) is the limit of sums of \(f\) evaluated at points of \(C\) times the small complex displacements.

\[\int_C f(z)\,dz=\int_a^b f(\gamma(t))\,\gamma'(t)\,dt\]

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