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Hello,
I hope somebody can help me with this one.
I want to find the integral of 1/x^N*exp(ix) from -inf to inf.
It is very likely that this can somehow be solved by using Cauchy's integral formula.
I tried to integrate it by defining a countour as follows:
1. From -R to -r
2. semicircle from -r to +r around the origin from below
3. from r to R
4. Semicircle from +R to -R around the origin from above.
I can show that 4 tends to 0 as R tends to infinity
But I can't somehow evaluate 2:
I get 1/(r*exp(i*theta)^N*exp(i*r*exp(i*theta))r*exp(i*theta)d(theta)
Nothing cancels as nicely as in the case of a simple pole.
Thank you
I hope somebody can help me with this one.
Homework Statement
I want to find the integral of 1/x^N*exp(ix) from -inf to inf.
Homework Equations
It is very likely that this can somehow be solved by using Cauchy's integral formula.
The Attempt at a Solution
I tried to integrate it by defining a countour as follows:
1. From -R to -r
2. semicircle from -r to +r around the origin from below
3. from r to R
4. Semicircle from +R to -R around the origin from above.
I can show that 4 tends to 0 as R tends to infinity
But I can't somehow evaluate 2:
I get 1/(r*exp(i*theta)^N*exp(i*r*exp(i*theta))r*exp(i*theta)d(theta)
Nothing cancels as nicely as in the case of a simple pole.
Thank you