Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 2 7E Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
The poles of inside are . Near , write . Its Laurent series beginsso the residue is . The sum of the three residues isThe positively oriented residue theorem now gives
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 ib Paper 1 12G c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
For , multiplication of the two Laurent series shows that all powers are even:There are infinitely many negative powers, so zero is an essential singularity. There is no term, and therefore
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 ib Paper 1 3B Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 ii Paper 1 7E Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Consider the meromorphic functionClose the contour with a large semicircle in the upper half-plane, indenting above the three real pole . The large-arc integral vanishes by Jordan's lemma, while the upper-half-plane indentation rule givesThe three residue areTheir sum is , so the residue theorem yields
The real part of the integrand is an odd function, so its full-line principal value is zero. Its imaginary part,is an even function. Taking imaginary parts and halving the full-line integral therefore gives
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 ib Paper 2 12A a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Close the contour in the upper half-plane. The degree assumption and Jordan lemma make the integral over the large semicircle tend to zero, while the absence of real zeros avoids indentations of the contour. The residue theorem therefore givesRepeated roots are handled by the usual higher-order residue formula.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 2 7E Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
For , absolute convergence permits separation into odd and even terms:Using the defining integral of the Gamma function and the substitution givesTermwise integration is justified by absolute convergence when , and the geometric sum isConsequently the Dirichlet eta function satisfies
Near zero the integrand is , while at infinity it decays exponentially. The integral therefore defines a holomorphic function for . Thusprovides the desired continuation wherever the displayed denominator is nonzero. At a nonreal zero of , use insteadwith an integer for which ; the bounded partial sums of give convergence for . This shows that those apparent singularities are removable and yields the Analytic continuation of the Riemann zeta function to the right half-plane.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 ib Paper 1 3 3.1G a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
The residue is the coefficient in the Laurent expansion. At a double pole, is holomorphic and , so .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 150 3 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Put . The Laurent series of the logarithmic derivative at the simple pole of has the formwhere in fact . HenceThe coefficient of in their product, and therefore the residue, iswith the constant ; equivalently, .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 150 3 d Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-06
For , the Dirichlet series multiplication rule and giveApply an effective Perron formula on the line and truncate atThe bound from part (c) controls the truncation error.
Use the classical zero-free region of the Riemann zeta functiontogether with there. Contour shifting moves the Perron contour to . The only crossed singularity is the double pole at , whose residue is by part (b). On the new contour,and the logarithmic-derivative bounds contribute only powers of , which can be absorbed by reducing the positive constant in the exponential. The horizontal integrals and Perron truncation error are as well. Therefore, for some ,
Residues of the Gamma function 2026-10-05
The Gamma function recurrence gives . Its numerator equals one at , so the residue there is for every nonnegative integer .
Scattering-amplitude factorization 2026-10-05
Near a one-particle pole, a scattering amplitude factors into amplitudes coupling each side to the intermediate state, summed over its physical polarizations. The pole position gives its squared mass, while its residue encodes its spin and couplings.
Simple pole 2026-09-29
For the unit-modulus hyperbolic scattering block with elementary mass , a pair bound at rapidity difference has mass . Bootstrap fusion with another elementary particle gives a further direct pole at . It is inside the physical rapidity strip with positive imaginary residue only for . In that range the new bound state has rest-frame constituent rapidities , so its energy is . Charges add at the bound-state vertex. At the apparent pole cancels; beyond that point it lies outside the physical strip. The formula is conditional on this particular scattering block and its direct-pole interpretation, not a universal three-body binding law.
Unit-modulus hyperbolic scattering block 2026-10-07
For real , this scalar S-matrix block satisfies and Hermitian analyticity of a two-particle S-matrix. It therefore has modulus one for real rapidity differences. For its pole at has residue and admits a direct-channel bound-state pole interpretation. Its crossed block is . The endpoints and are removable degeneracies giving constant amplitudes, so a particle cannot be inferred there from the uncancelled denominator alone. This block specifies an amplitude; a complete theory must also obey the remaining crossing symmetry and bootstrap fusion constraints.
Upper-half-plane contour for square-root logarithmic integrals Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-06
Set and . In an indented upper semicircle use the principal complex logarithm and . The negative real boundary contributes , the positive boundary contributes , and both circular arcs vanish. The pole at has residue . Thus ; comparing real and imaginary parts yields the displayed integrals.
Veneziano amplitude pole residue 2026-10-06
In units , generic fixed gives simple poles at , , with residue . The empty product is one. A residue zero removes that pole, and fixed must be away from its own channel singularities.
Virasoro–Shapiro amplitude pole residue Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-06
For , and , the amplitude has generic simple poles at . The gamma function residue and recurrence giveThe residue polynomial has degree , consistent with closed-string exchange up to spin . When and , the reciprocal factor removes a putative double pole: the leading ratio is . Thus channel singularities must be counted using the kinematic constraint, not by multiplying independent numerator poles.
Weierstrass elliptic function Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
For a period lattice , the Weierstrass elliptic function is the normally convergent lattice sumIt is an even elliptic function with a double pole of principal part and zero residue at every point of the period lattice.