MATHEMATICS II

BITS Pilani Michael Alphonse

Hyderabad Campus
 Topics to be Covered

1. Antiderivative Theorem

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Antiderivative theorem

An antiderivative of a continuous function f (z) on a domain D, is a

function F(z) such that F | (z) = f (z) for all z in D.
Q : Is F an analytic function?

Theorem. Suppose that a function f (z) is continuous on a domain D. If any

one of the following statements is true, then so are the others:
(a) f (z) has an antiderivative F(z) throughout D;
(b) the integrals of f (z) along contours lying entirely in D and extending from
anyfixed point z1 to any fixed point z2 all have the same value, namely

where F(z) is the antiderivative in statement (a);

(c) the integrals of f (z) around closed contours lying entirely in D all have
value zero.

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Proof of the theorem

(a) Implies (b)

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(b) Implies (c)

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(c) Implies (a)

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