Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Existence of complex anti-derivative

So I'm currently reading about complex anti-derivatives. I was given these two questions:



Problem 1:
Does f(z)=zn,nN have an anti-derivative on C{0}?




Solution:



Case 1.1: n1 We find F(z)=1n+1zn to be an anti-derivative. (Since f(z) is continuous on C{0} we can just integrate it. We also see F(z)=f(z), so we are good)



Case 1.2: n=1 With γ(t)=e2πit,t[0,1] we find γ1zdz=2πi so, apparently this does not have an anti-derivative because of Cauchy's integral theorem.



Problem 2:
Does f(z)=zn,nN have an anti-derivative on C(,0]?



Case 2.1: n1 Basically the same argumentation as in Case 1.1.




Case 2.2: n=1 Since Log(z) is continuous on C(,0] we find F(z)=Log(z) and we verify with F(z)=f(z).



Questions:



Question 1: Apparently we use Cauchy's integral theorem to show that there isn't a anti-derivative in case 1.2, but how exactly do we use it?



At the moment I just think of it like that: The anti-derivative of 1z would be Log(z) but Log(z) is not continuous on C{0} so it wouldn't fulfill F(z)=f(z). But this actually just tells me "Log(z)$ isn't the anti-derivative but it doesn't tell me that there isn't any at all.



Question 2: In Case 1.2 we get γf(z)=2πi so what exactly does this tell us? Doesn't it mean we actually evaluated the integral? Is it possible to evaluate an integral without it having an anti-derivative?

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