224 CHAPTER 6 • COMPLEX INTEGRATION
t Corollary 6.1 Let zo denote a fixed complex value. If C is a simple closed
contour with positive orientation such that z 0 lies interior to C, then
1
dz
2
.
--= 7Tt
e z-zo
r dz n = 0,
le (z - zo)
and
where n is any integer except n = 1.
Proof Since zo lies interior to C, we can choose R so that the circle CR with
center zo and radius R lies interior to C. Hence f (z) = (z-~o)" is analytic in a
domain D that contains both C and Cn and the region between them, as shown
in Figure 6.25.
We let CR have the parametrization
for 0 :s; 0 :s; 27T.
The deformation of contour theorem implies that the integral off over GR has
the same value as the integral off over C, so
1
--dz =^1 --dz = 12" --iRei9. d8 = i 12" dO = 27Ti
e z -zo e,. z - zo o Re^19 o
and
{ __ d_z_n = { dz n = {2" _iRe'o-dO = iR1- n {2" ei(l-n)9 dO
le (z -zo) le,. (z - zo) lo Rnein9 lo
= --Rl- n e•(l-n)9. 19=27f = _____ Rl- n Rl- n = 0.
1-n e=o 1-n 1-n
The deformation of contour theorem is an extension of the Cauchy- Goursat
theorem to a doubly connected domain in the following sense. We let D be
a domain that contains C 1 and C2 and the region between them, as shown in
y
x
Figure 6.25 The domain D that contains both C and CR.