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as R goes to infinity.  You won't be able to use the standard estimate to do this.  Write out the definition of the integral to find that
 
as R goes to infinity.  You won't be able to use the standard estimate to do this.  Write out the definition of the integral to find that
  
<math>|I_R|\le\int Re^{-R^2\cos(2t)}\,dt</math>
+
<math>|I_R|\le\int_0^{\pi/4} Re^{-R^2\cos(2t)}\,dt</math>
  
 
and use freshman calculus ideas to show that this integral tends to zero.  (Don't hit it with the big stick, the Lebesgue Dominated Convergence Theorem.)
 
and use freshman calculus ideas to show that this integral tends to zero.  (Don't hit it with the big stick, the Lebesgue Dominated Convergence Theorem.)

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Problem 7 hint:

$ e^{\pm f(z)} $

Problem 10 hint:

Parametrize the circular part of the boundary via

$ C_r:\quad z(t)=Re^{it}, 0<t<\pi/4. $

You need to show that

$ I_R := \int_{C_R}e^{-z^2}\ dz\to 0 $

as R goes to infinity. You won't be able to use the standard estimate to do this. Write out the definition of the integral to find that

$ |I_R|\le\int_0^{\pi/4} Re^{-R^2\cos(2t)}\,dt $

and use freshman calculus ideas to show that this integral tends to zero. (Don't hit it with the big stick, the Lebesgue Dominated Convergence Theorem.)


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