Contour Integral of |z| = 2 using Cauchy's Formula

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Homework Statement


|z| = 2, [itex]\oint\frac{1}{z^3}[/itex]


Homework Equations


Cauchy's Integral Formula
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy's_integral_formula

The Attempt at a Solution


Seems like a simple application of the general formula on the wiki page with n = 2, a = 0, and f(z) = 1. The higher order derivatives just yield zero, making the integral zero. Just asking for verification for a friend.
 
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You're using a circle of radius 2 as a contour. You could parametrize it with some ##z(t)##, and then evaluate it. Think about ##e##, and see what you get.