Monday, 14 October 2013

complex analysis - Calculating a contour integral



I want to evaluate the integral γsin(2z) dz

where γ is the line segment joining the point i+1 to the point i.



Thus γ(t)=i+t(2i+1) for 0t1.



So I want to calculate γsin(2z) dz=10f(γ(t))γ(t) dt=10sin[2(i+t(1+2i))](1+2i) dt=(1+2i)10sin[2t+i(4t2)] dt=(1+2i)10sin(2t)cosh(24t)icos(2t)sinh(24t) dt=(1+2i)[10sin(2t)cosh(24t) dti10cos(2t)sinh(24t) dt]



Now this seems extremely long winded, is there any other way to calculate this?


Answer



We have γ(t)=i+t(2i+1) for 0t1. Since γ is smooth and f(z)=sin(2z) is continuous, let F=f and note γ(1)=1+i, γ(0)=i. By the fundamental theorem of calculus applied to contour integrals



γf=F(γ(1))F(γ(0)).




Therefore γsin(2z) dz=12cos(2(1+i))+12cos(2(i))=12[cos(2i)cos(2+2i)].


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