Category:Smooth Paths (Complex Analysis)
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This category contains results about Smooth Paths (Complex Analysis).
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Let $\closedint a b$ be a closed real interval.
Let $\gamma: \closedint a b \to \C$ be a path in $\C$.
That is, $\gamma$ is a continuous complex-valued function from $\closedint a b$ to $\C$.
Define the real function $x: \closedint a b \to \R$ by:
- $\forall t \in \closedint a b: \map x t = \map \Re {\map \gamma t}$
Define the real function $y: \closedint a b \to \R$ by:
- $\forall t \in \closedint a b: \map y t = \map \Im {\map \gamma t}$
where:
- $\map \Re {\map \gamma t}$ denotes the real part of the complex number $\map \gamma t$
- $\map \Im {\map \gamma t}$ denotes the imaginary part of $\map \gamma t$.
Then $\gamma$ is a smooth path (in $\C$) if and only if:
- $(1): \quad$ Both $x$ and $y$ are continuously differentiable
- $(2): \quad$ For all $t \in \closedint a b$, either $\map {x'} t \ne 0$ or $\map {y'} t \ne 0$.
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