Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2017/ib/paper-1/13a/b/i/solution

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. Thus
It is essential to include the apparently exceptional point . The Laurent series there is with holomorphic. At that point the integrand is , whose residue is . Hence
The 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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