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Math 411: Honours Complex Variables - University of Alberta

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32 CHAPTER 5. CAUCHY’S INTEGRAL THEOREM AND FORMULA<br />

has the initial point |z| and the endpoint z. It follows that [1,|z|]⊕γ is curve with<br />

initial point 1 and endpoint z as shown:<br />

It follows that<br />

�<br />

Logz :=<br />

[1,|z|]<br />

y<br />

θ<br />

[1,z]<br />

1 [1,|z|] |z|<br />

� � θ<br />

1 1 |z|e<br />

dζ + dζ = log|z|+i<br />

ζ γ ζ 0<br />

it<br />

dt = log|z|+iArgz.<br />

|z|eit Lemma 5.1. Let D ⊂ C be open and star shaped with center z0, and let f : D → C<br />

be continuous such that f|D\{z0} is holomorphic. Then f has an antiderivative on D.<br />

Pro<strong>of</strong>. Let ∆ be a triangle in D having a vertex z0:<br />

z2<br />

z0 z1 w<br />

Let z1 be an interior point <strong>of</strong> [z0,w], let z2 be an interior point <strong>of</strong> [z0,z], and let<br />

z3 be an interior point <strong>of</strong> [w,z]. As shown above, we use these points to split ∆ into<br />

z<br />

z3<br />

γ<br />

x<br />

z

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