Linear Combination of Contour Integrals
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Theorem
Let $C$ be a contour in $\C$.
Let $f, g: \Img C \to \C$ be continuous complex functions, where $\Img C$ denotes the image of $C$.
Let $\lambda, \mu \in \C$ be complex constants.
Then:
- $\ds \int_C \paren {\lambda \map f z + \mu \map g z} \rd z = \lambda \int_C \map f z \rd z + \mu \int_C \map g z \rd z$
Proof
By definition of contour, $C$ is a finite sequence $C_1, \ldots, C_n$ of directed smooth curves.
Let $C_k$ be parameterized by the smooth path $\gamma_k: \closedint {a_k} {b_k} \to \C$ for all $k \in \set {1, \ldots, n}$.
Then:
\(\ds \int_C \paren {\lambda \map f z + \mu \map g z} \rd z\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \sum_{k \mathop = 1}^n \int_{a_k}^{b_k} \paren {\lambda \map f {\map {\gamma_k} t} + \mu \map g {\map {\gamma_k} t} } \map {\gamma_k'} t \rd t\) | Definition of Complex Contour Integral | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \sum_{k \mathop = 1}^n \paren {\lambda \int_{a_k}^{b_k} \map f {\map {\gamma_k} t} \map {\gamma_k'} t \rd t + \mu \int_{a_k}^{b_k} \map g {\map {\gamma_k} t} \map {\gamma_k'} t \rd t}\) | Linear Combination of Complex Integrals | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \lambda \sum_{k \mathop = 1}^n \int_{a_k}^{b_k} \map f {\map {\gamma_k} t} \map {\gamma_k'} t \rd t + \mu \sum_{k \mathop = 1}^n \int_{a_k}^{b_k} \map g {\map {\gamma_k} t} \map {\gamma_k'} t \rd t\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \lambda \int_C \map f z \rd z + \mu \int_C \map g z \rd z\) |
$\blacksquare$
Sources
- 2001: Christian Berg: Kompleks funktionsteori $\S 2.2$