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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 ib Paper 1 13C b Solution by
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Use the same indented upper-semicircle contour and branch of the complex logarithm, now for . Write . On the negative axis, and . Consequently the two straight contributions tend toThe outer arc is and the small arc is , so neither contributes in the limit. At the enclosed pole ,The residue theorem gives . Part (a) gives . Substituting and using , the right side after moving the term is . Hence
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