Complex integration: normally on a closed contour?

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I have been studying complex integration for a few months now, and it seems my textbook mostly considers integration on closed contours.

Is there no interest in integration on non-closed contours ?

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To use residue theory, you need a closed contour. If you just have a non-closed contour, it may as well just be a line integral in $\mathbb{R}^2$. The whole point of complex integration theory is to apply the powerful machinery of Cauchy's theorem, and so given a regular integral you look for ways to close it in the complex plane.