Exponential moment of the hyperbolic secant

ID: exponential-moment-of-the-hyperbolic-secant

For real , integrate around a rectangle of height and width . Only the simple pole lies inside, with residue . Since , the reversed top edge adds times the bottom integral. The two vertical edges vanish as , using . The residue theorem gives , proving the formula. The condition is also the exact convergence range: the two tails decay with exponents and .

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