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Chapter 4: Residue Calculus and Applications of Contour Integration

Chapter 4: Residue Calculus and Applications of Contour Integration

pp. 203-296

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, University of Colorado Boulder, , University of Cambridge
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In this chapter we extend Cauchy’s Theorem to cases where the integrand is not analytic, for example, when the integrand possesses isolated singular points. Each isolated singular point contributes a term proportional to what is called the residue of the singularity. This extension, called the residue theorem, is very useful in applications such as the evaluation of definite integrals of various types. The residue theorem provides a straightforward and sometimes the only method to compute these integrals. We also show how to use contour integration to compute the solutions of certain partial differential equations by the techniques of Fourier and Laplace transforms.

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