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Period obstruction to a holomorphic antiderivative

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A holomorphic function has an antiderivative on a domain only if its integral around every closed curve vanishes. Thus a single nonzero period, such as ∫∣z∣=1​dz/z=2πi, prevents a global antiderivative.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2017 / ib / Paper 4 / 4F / Solution
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