How to calculate residium at infinity?

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To calculate the residue at infinity for the function z^3 sin(1/3), one should use the conformal transformation u = 1/z. This transforms the original function into -1/u^2 f(1/u), which allows for the evaluation of the residue at the pole u = 0 in the u-plane. The residue at infinity is thus defined as the residue at zero of the transformed function. Substituting infinity directly into the residue formula leads to an incorrect conclusion of infinity. The correct approach involves analyzing the transformed function to find the residue at zero instead.
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i have such a function
<br /> z^3 \sin \frac{1}{3}<br />

i need to calculate its residium at z=infinity

if i substitue infinity instead of a"" into the formal formula
res(f(x),a)=\lim_{x-&gt;a}(f(x)(x-a))

i get infinity
am i correct?
 
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Consider first a pole at some point z = p. You know that 2 pi i times the residue there is the value of the contour integral that encirles that pole anti-clockwise and no other poles. If you then perform the conformal transform u = 1/z in that contour integral, you get the contour integral of:

-1/u^2 f(1/u)

which encircles the corresponding pole in the u-plane at u = 1/p. Note that the contour integral is traversed anti-clockwise if the contour does not encircle the origin. So, the residue at z = p of f(z) is the same as the residue of -1/u^2 f(1/u) at u = 1/p. The residue at infinity is defined such that this result holds in the limit p to infinity. So, it defined as the residue at zero of -1/z^2 f(1/z).
 
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