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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ib Paper 1 13A b i Solution by
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Write . For and , close upwards as before. The residue theorem includes the poles at and , and the assumed decay in the upper region makes the arc contribution vanish. ThusIt is essential to include the apparently exceptional point . The Laurent series there is with holomorphic. At that point the integrand is , whose residue is . HenceThe displayed difference is interpreted by its removable singularity. It therefore defines a holomorphic function at every point of the required half-plane, including .
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