I thought I was a good math student, but for some reason I am getting tripped up on complex analysis. Can someone please explain what I am doing wrong when I try to solve the following problem?
Problem: Given the function, where
, compute
the "smart" way - using the Cauchy Integral Formula.
Attempted Solution:
If a=0, the problem is trivial, so assume a not zero. Cauchy's integral formula gives us that ifis any "nice" curve enclosing 0 in the complex plane, then
Let's taketo be a counter-clockwise circle about 0, of small enough radius that the singularity
is excluded from the interior (so that Cauchy's integral formula applies. Now, we want to compute the integral
Immediately using the parametrizationdoesn't appear to be fruitful here, but the substitution
yields:
whereis now a circle of radius
. Hence, this curve contains a singularity,
. Where do I go from here? Any better ideas? (My book says to use Cauchy integral formula, so I'd appreciate solutions which somehow use that result.)


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