Cauchy Integral Theorem

If  is analytic in some simply connected region , then

(1)

for any closed contour  completely contained in . Writing  as

(2)

and  as

(3)

then gives

			(4)
			(5)

From Green's theorem,

			(6)
			(7)

so (◇) becomes

(8)

But the Cauchy-Riemann equations require that

			(9)
			(10)

so

(11)

Q.E.D.

For a multiply connected region,

(12)

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