Past exam of the metric spaces and complex analysis course of the University of Oxford / 2014 / 4 / c

For fixed $z\notin \mathbb{Z}$, integratecounterclockwise around the specified square of half-side $R_N=N+1/2$, choosing $N>|z|$. The integer poles inside it are $-N,\dots ,N$, and their residues are $1/(n^2-z^2)$ because $\pi \cot (\pi w)$ has residue one at each integer.

The two other possible poles are $w=z$ and $w=-z$. Their residues are each $\pi \cot (\pi z)/(2z)$, hence sum to $\pi \cot (\pi z)/z$. This formula still applies when the numerator vanishes and a possible pole is removable. The residue theorem givesOn the square, $|w|\ge R_N$, its perimeter is $8R_N$, and the supplied cotangent bound givesThe series converges absolutely by part (b), so its symmetric partial sums have the same limit as the full sum. ThereforeAt half-integers the cotangent form makes the value zero explicit; the reciprocal-tangent notation is understood by its continuous extension there. The cotangent contour summation rests on the contour estimate, not only on formally matching poles.