Here we go over the Cauchy Integral Formula in complex analysis. We also do a few examples that utilize the Cauchy Integral Formula in complex analysis. Music: Mirror Mind - Bobby Richards
"being a physicist I bound to do something to upset the mathematician" got me 😂😂 Thank you for this, I've been struggling to understand my lecturer for complex analysis and your video helps me tremendously!
Complex analysis was one of my favourite courses at the university of the west indies, cave hill campus. I have a few more ' what if' questions, not only in the field of Complex analysis, but in other areas also 2:10
EDIT: This was indeed a stupid question on my part!! I forgot a basic fact about fractions 🤣. No need to answer this question, but I'll leave this comment up here, just in case someone has a mental relapse I did! If you want a good laugh, feel free to read my unedited question below 🤤 This may sound like a stupid question, but can f(z) be a polynomial? My reason for asking is this: Suppose we are integrating over a closed contour that does NOT include the point z=0 but does include a complex z_0 (where z_0 is not zero). The solution to this integral, assuming the integrand has the form f(z)/(z-z_0), is 2πif(z_0). But now, what happens if I rewrite the integrand as (f(z) + z_0)/(z - z_0 + z_0). All I've done was shift both the numerator and the denominator by z_0. z_0 is just a complex number, and not the integration variable, so I think this shift should be allowed. If I define a new function, say g(z) = f(z) + z_0, then the integrand is now g(z)/z. Remember that we have a contour that does not surround z=0. Therefore, the integral should equal 0, but according to the integral we started with, it should equal 2πi*f(z_0). This solution does not agree with the true solution provided by this integration rule (or identity or whatever it's technically called...😅). What am I misunderstanding about the limitations of solving an integral like this?
The way the cauchy formula is stated by you, suggests to the learner that you are trying to evaluate f(z) nought. However you rearranged the formula so that you could evaluate f(z). This is a common mistake of teachers and lecturers. There is a way to overcome overcome