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Math 411: Honours Complex Variables - University of Alberta

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12.1. APPLICATIONS OF THE RESIDUE THEOREM TO REAL INTEGRALS79<br />

We then find that<br />

� ∞<br />

Examples.<br />

1. What is<br />

� ∞<br />

0<br />

−∞<br />

�<br />

p(x)<br />

dx = lim<br />

q(x) r→∞<br />

1<br />

dx?<br />

1+x 6<br />

�<br />

= lim<br />

r→∞<br />

�<br />

= lim<br />

r→∞<br />

[−r,r]<br />

[−r,r]<br />

p(ζ)<br />

q(ζ) dζ<br />

p(ζ)<br />

dζ + lim<br />

q(ζ) r→∞<br />

p(ζ)<br />

[−r,r]⊕γr q(ζ) dζ<br />

= 2πi �<br />

�<br />

p<br />

res<br />

q ,z<br />

�<br />

.<br />

z∈H<br />

�<br />

γr<br />

p(ζ)<br />

q(ζ) dζ<br />

The zeros <strong>of</strong> q(z) = 1 + z6 are <strong>of</strong> the form eiθ where θ ∈ [0,2π) is such that<br />

ei6θ = −1 = eiπ , i.e. 6θ − π ∈ 2πZ, so that θ = π π 5π 7π 3π 11π , , , , , . For<br />

6 2 6 6 2 6<br />

k = 1,...,6, let<br />

zk = e i(2k−1)π 6.<br />

Then 1<br />

q has a simple pole at zk for k = 1,...,6.<br />

By Problem 12.1, we have<br />

res<br />

so that by, Proposition 12.2,<br />

� ∞<br />

0<br />

1 1<br />

dx =<br />

1+x 6 2<br />

�<br />

1<br />

q ,zk<br />

�<br />

� ∞<br />

= 1<br />

q ′ 1<br />

=<br />

(zk) 6z5 k<br />

1<br />

dx<br />

−∞ 1+x 6<br />

3�<br />

�<br />

1<br />

= πi res<br />

q<br />

k=1<br />

,zk<br />

�<br />

= − πi<br />

�<br />

6<br />

= − πi<br />

�<br />

cos<br />

6<br />

π π<br />

+isin<br />

6 6<br />

= π<br />

�<br />

2sin<br />

6<br />

π<br />

6 +1<br />

�<br />

= π<br />

3 .<br />

e iπ<br />

6 +e iπ<br />

2 +e i5π<br />

6<br />

�<br />

= − zk<br />

6 ,<br />

+i+cos 5π<br />

6<br />

�<br />

5π<br />

+isin<br />

6

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