Reversed Contour Reverses Orientation/Corollary
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Corollary
Let $C$ be a simple closed contour in the complex plane $\C$.
Let $-C$ be the reversed contour of $C$.
If $C$ is positively oriented, then $-C$ is negatively oriented.
If $C$ is negatively oriented, then $-C$ is positively oriented.
Proof
From Orientation of Simple Closed Contour is with Respect to Interior, it follows that:
where $\Int C$ denotes the interior of $C$.
The claims of the corollary now follow from the main theorem Reversed Contour Reverses Orientation.
$\blacksquare$