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Math 411: Honours Complex Variables - University of Alberta

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58 CHAPTER 9. HOLOMORPHIC FUNCTIONS ON ANNULI<br />

Split∂BP(z0)and∂Bρ(z0) − int<strong>of</strong>initelymanyarcsegmentsα1,...,αn andβ1,...,βn,<br />

respectively, andconnectthemwithlinesegmentsγ1,...,γn asshownbelowforn = 3:<br />

We thus obtain<br />

�<br />

∂BP(z0)<br />

α3<br />

�<br />

f(ζ)dζ +<br />

γ − 3<br />

γ3<br />

β3<br />

∂Bρ(z0) −<br />

γ1<br />

γ − 1<br />

β2<br />

α2<br />

f(ζ)dζ =<br />

=<br />

n�<br />

�<br />

j=1<br />

n�<br />

�<br />

j=1<br />

β1<br />

αj<br />

γ − 2<br />

α1<br />

γ2<br />

f(ζ)dζ +<br />

n�<br />

�<br />

j=1<br />

βj<br />

αj⊕γ −<br />

j ⊕βj⊕γ (j+1)mod n<br />

f(ζ)dζ<br />

f(ζ)dζ<br />

Bymakingthearcsegmentsα1,...,αn andβ1,...,βn sufficiently small, wecanensure<br />

that each <strong>of</strong> the closed curves α1 ⊕γ − 1 ⊕β1 ⊕γ2,...,αn−1 ⊕γ − n−1 ⊕βn−1 ⊕γn,αn ⊕<br />

γ − n ⊕βn ⊕γ1 lies inside a star-shaped open subset <strong>of</strong> Ar,R(z0):

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