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My solutions for Mathews' "Mathematical Methods of Physics"
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[Ch3] Rational multiples of pi for 3-17 #1

Open pingpingy1 opened 5 months ago

pingpingy1 commented 5 months ago

What is the content you want to add? What problem is it the solution to? In problem 3-17, $a$ could be a rational multiple of $\pi$, in which case the poles of the integrand are modified. The solution must be expanded such that these cases be addressed.

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pingpingy1 commented 5 months ago

It seems likely on first glance that only the residue calculation need be modified; the contour integral logic seems to be identically applicable to these cases.

If $a = \pi \frac{p}{q}$ where $p$ and $q$ are coprime, then precisely the poles at $qm\pi$ $(m \text{ integer})$ are removed, and we only need to subtract the poles at these points (verify!).