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How to evaluate the following two complex integrals along a parabolic contour?
I need to evaluate the following two complex integrals along a parabolic contour, and I am not sure I know how to deal with the ##\log\bar{z}## in both cases. Since for the log term, I do not know how to find ##i\arg\bar{z}##. Also, if I used either the line integral approach vs parameterize the contour as ##(t, 1-t^2)##. Would I get the same answer?

##\int_{i}^{1}\ e^{(i\log\bar{z})} dz##

##\int_{i}^{1} \log\bar{z}dz## both on the contour ##y=1-x^2##

Thank you in advance
 
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Say
z=r e^{i\theta}
The first integral would be
\int_0^1 dt e^{i \log r(t)}e^{\theta(t)}
where
r(t)=\sqrt{t^4-t^2+1}
\theta(t)=arctan\frac{1-t^2}{t}
Numerical evaluation seems applicable. The second integral would be
\int_0^1 dt (\log r (t)- i\theta(t))
 
@anuttarasammyak I just saw your reply. For some reasons, I did not get the notifications that you made a reply. Thank you so much for your solutions. I really appreciate it.
 
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