Proof of integral identity (popped up in a Fourier transform)

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Homework Statement



Prove;
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{sin(\gamma)}{cosh(\lambda)-cos(\gamma)} e^{i \omega \lambda}d \lambda= 2 \pi \frac{sinh(\omega(\pi-\gamma))}{sinh(\pi \omega)}

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Contour Integration/Residue Theorem?

The Attempt at a Solution


I have messed around with the exponential for a bit, but to no avail - I was thinking maybe the Residue theorem might play a part? I'm not really sure how to continue from here.
 
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any ideas? I am legitimately stumped on this one..
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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