NETMaths

Singularities and Residues

1. Laurent series, classification of singularities, Casorati–Weierstrass

Exam focus: Classify a singularity from the Laurent tail or from the behaviour of |f| nearby: bounded ⇒ removable, → ∞ ⇒ pole, neither ⇒ essential (and then the image of every punctured neighbourhood is dense).

Lecture 9.1 - Singularities of a holomorphic function

NPTEL · Complex Analysis (Pranav Haridas, KSoM)

Lecture 9.2 - Pole of a function

NPTEL · Complex Analysis (Pranav Haridas, KSoM)

9.3 - Laurent series

NPTEL · Complex Analysis (Pranav Haridas, KSoM)

The expansion depends on the annulus — a standard exam trap.

Lecture - 9.4 Casorati Weierstrass theorem

NPTEL · Complex Analysis (Pranav Haridas, KSoM)

2. Residue theorem and standard contour integrals

Exam focus: Five standard contour patterns cover almost every exam integral. Know which contour goes with which integrand, and remember that a semicircular indentation contributes iπ·Res, not 2πi·Res.

Lecture - 10.2 Residue theorem

NPTEL · Complex Analysis (Pranav Haridas, KSoM)

Then drill the five standard contour patterns in the notes.