Exercise · ZW-RESIDUE-THEOREM-008 · ★★☆ Intermediate

Compute \(\oint_{|z-i|=1}\frac{dz}{z^{2}+1}\) counterclockwise.

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  • B. \(\pi\)

Explanation

Inside \(|z-i|=1\) there is only the pole \(i\) (the pole \(-i\) is at distance \(2\)). Its residue is \(1/(2i)\), and \(2\pi i\cdot\frac{1}{2i}=\pi\).

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If \(f\) is holomorphic on a simple closed contour \(\gamma\) and inside it except at isolated singularities \(z_k\), its integral over \(\gamma\) is \(2\pi i\) times the sum of its residues there.

\[\oint_{\gamma} f(z)\,dz=2\pi i\sum_{k}\operatorname{Res}(f,z_k)\]

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