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Contour Integration

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Abstract Algebra
Combinatorics
Complex Analysis
Linear Algebra
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3 · Items

Remark

Complex contours as planar rectifiable paths: the Euclidean, coordinate-BV, and piecewise-C1 dictionaries

Definition

Rectifiable complex contours, reversal, concatenation, closedness, and orientation

Definition

The complex line integral over a rectifiable path as a componentwise Riemann–Stieltjes integral

Definition

The absolute line integral over a rectifiable path using its arc-length function

Theorem

Continuous integrands have complex and absolute line integrals along every rectifiable path

Theorem

For piecewise-C1 contours the Riemann–Stieltjes integral agrees with the parametric complex integral and the published real line integrals

Proposition

Complex line integrals are linear in the integrand

Proposition

Complex line integrals change sign under reversal and add under concatenation

Theorem

Complex and absolute line integrals are invariant under increasing continuous reparametrization

Theorem

The fundamental inequality: the modulus of the integral is at most the absolute line integral for rectifiable contours

Corollary

ML estimate: a contour integral is bounded by a supremum bound times path length

Corollary

The absolute line integral of the constant function 1 is the length of the path

Definition

A primitive of a complex function on an open set

Theorem

The line integral of a continuous function admitting a primitive is that primitive's endpoint increment along every rectifiable path

Corollary

The integral of a continuous complex derivative over every closed rectifiable contour is zero

Corollary

The contour integral of a constant c is c times the endpoint displacement

Theorem

For a continuous function on a complex domain, endpoint independence, zero closed-contour integrals, and existence of a primitive are equivalent

Theorem

A uniformly convergent sequence of continuous integrands on a fixed contour permits passage of the limit through the complex line integral

Theorem

On a positively oriented circle about a, the integral of (z-a)ᵐ is zero for every integer m except -1, and is 2π i for m=-1

Corollary

The normalized integral around a positively oriented circle centred at a is 1

False statement

FALSE: every continuous complex-valued function on a domain has a primitive

Sources