302 CHAPTER 8 • RESIDUE THEORY
Suppose that we want to evaluate an integral of the form
{2"
lo F (cosO,sinO) dO, (8-3)
where F (u, v) is a ftmction of the two real variables u and v. Consider the unit
circle Ci (0) with parametrization
Ci (O): z = cosO + isinO = ei9, for 0 ~ (} ~ 27r,
which gives us the symbolic differentials
dz= (- sinO + icosO) dO = i ei^8 dO and
d(}= dz= dz_
ie•^8 iz
Combining z = cosO + i sin 0 with ~ = cosO - i sin 0, we obtain
cos 0 = ~ ( z + ; ) and sin 0 = ;i ( z - ; ).
(8-4)
(8-5)
Using the substitutions for cosO, sinO, and dO in Expression (8-3) transforms the
definite integral into the contour integral
fo
2
" F (cosO, sinO) dO = j f (z) dz ,
ct(o)
where the new integrand is f (z) = F(Hz+~]~H·- f))_
Suppose that f is analyt ic inside and on the unit circle C 1 (0), except at the
points zi, z2, ... , z,, that lie interior to Ci (0). Then the residue theorem gives
{2" n
lo F (cosO, sinO) dO = 27ri 2: Res [J,zk].
0 k = I
(8-6)
The situation is illustrated in Figure 8.2.
- EXAMPLE 8.10 Evaluate J~" 1+ 3 ~0<; 2 8 d0 by using complex analysis.
Solution Using Substitutions (8-4) and (8-5), we transform the integral to
J
__ 1~2 ~z = j -i4z2 dz= j f (z)dz,
l + 3(z+z-') iz 3z4+10z +3
ct (o) 2 ct ( O) ct (O)
where f (z) = 3 ,a.; 1 ~;2+ 3. The singularities off are poles located at the points
where 3 (z^2 )
2