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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 2 13E b i Solution by
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The additional branch points lie on the two deleted rays because . On the same simply connected domainchoose both square roots to equal at zero. Their product has a single-valued holomorphic reciprocal on , so its integral from zero defines the single-valued branch of the elliptic integral of the first kind.
An unrestricted contour may wind around any of . Continuation around one such point flips one square root, so the value can change by square-root monodromy. Thus is multivalued.
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