Past exam of the short options paper of the physics Prelims of the University of Oxford / 2019 / S1 / 3 / a / Solution

Cauchy's integral theorem states that a holomorphic function on a simply connected open region has zero contour integral around every closed piecewise smooth contour in that region. More generally the same holds for a contour homologous to zero in its domain of holomorphy. Having no singularity on the curve alone is insufficient: $1/z$ has a nonzero contour integral around the unit circle.