Slightly Harder Cauchy Integral

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Homework Statement



Evaluate the integral I_1 = \int_0^{2\pi} \frac{d\theta}{(5-3sin\theta)^2}

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I start off by switching the sine term for a complex exponential e^{i\theta}=cos\theta +isin\theta
I will consider only the Imaginary component of the solution.

now make the substitution: z=e^{i\theta}

so we have:

I_1 = Im\left(I_2\right)

I_2 = \int_0^{2\pi} \frac{1}{(5-3z)^2}\frac{dz}{iz}=\frac{1}{i}\int_0^{2\pi}\frac{dz}{z(5-3z)^2}

so we have 2 poles: a simple pole at z=0 and a second order pole at z=5/3

I'm not sure wether i need to include both residues. the question does not indicate the contour to integrate. Should it be a unit circle? I'm not sure why it would be. any ideas?
 
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knowlewj01 said:
I'm not sure wether i need to include both residues. the question does not indicate the contour to integrate. Should it be a unit circle? I'm not sure why it would be. any ideas?

The original integral is over θ from 0 to 2π. When you change your integration variable to z=exp(iθ), what values can z take?
 
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