Cauchy Integral Formula application

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f is analytic on an open set U, z_0\in U, and f'(z_0)\neq 0. Show that

\frac{2\pi i}{f'(z_0)}=\int_C\frac{1}{f(z)-f(z_0)}dz

where $C$ is some circle center at $z_0$.

S0 ,f(z)-f(z_0) = a_1(z-z_0)+a_2(z-z_0)^2+\cdots with a_1=f'(z_0)\neq 0. But why can f(z)-f(z_0) be expanded this way?
 
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You are given that f(z) is analytic. Doesn't that mean it can be locally expanded in a power series?
 
Dick said:
You are given that f(z) is analytic. Doesn't that mean it can be locally expanded in a power series?

Yes but I don't understand how the expansion of f(z)-f(z_0) is that expansion.
 
f(z) is analytic at z=z0 if f(z)=a0+a1*(z-z0)+a2*(z-z0)^2+... in a neighborhood of z0? What's f(z0)?
 
Dick said:
f(z) is analytic at z=z0 if f(z)=a0+a1*(z-z0)+a2*(z-z0)^2+... in a neighborhood of z0? What's f(z0)?

The accumulation point.
 
fauboca said:
The accumulation point.

No, f(z0)=a0.
 
Dick said:
No, f(z0)=a0.


The Taylor Series expansion of f(z) = \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty}c_n(z - z_0)^n = c_0 + c_1(z - z_0) + c_2(z - z_0)^2 +\cdots, and f(z_0) = c_0.
So,
$$
f(z) - f(z_0) = c_1(z - z_0) + c_2(z - z_0)^2 +\cdots.
$$
By factoring, we obtain f(z) - f(z_0) = c_1(z - z_0)\left[1 + \frac{c_2}{c_1}(z - z_0)^2 +\cdots\right].
Then
$$
\frac{z - z_0}{f(z) - f(z_0)} = \frac{1}{c_1 + c_2(z - z_0) + \cdots}.
$$
So g(z) = \frac{z - z_0}{f(z) - f(z_0)} is analytic on a disc (what is the justification for this part-analytic?) at z_0 (How does this disc relate to C?) and where the value of z_0 is redefined as 1/c_1.
From Cauchy's Theorem, we have
$$
\frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_C\frac{g(z)}{z - z_0} = g(z_0) = \frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_C\frac{dz}{f(z) - f(z_0)} = \frac{1}{f'(z_0)}
$$
hence
$$
\int_C\frac{dz}{f(z) - f(z_0)} = \frac{2\pi i}{f'(z_0)}.
$$
 
Your g(z) has a removable singularity at z=z0. And the problem just says "some circle centered at z0". Take the circle small enough so that g(z) is analytic in the circle.
 
Ok thanks.
 
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