Compute the integral $\int_{\delta_{B_1(-2)}} \frac{1}{z(z+2)^3}dz$

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Could you please help me to solve this integral. I have no idea on how to proceed. Thank you.

I think, i should rewrite $\frac{1}{z(z+2)^3}$ as a sum from a geometric series and then use the Cauchy integral formula, but I don´t see a trick..

$\int_{\delta_{B_1(-2)}} \frac{1}{z(z+2)^3}dz=\oint\frac{\frac{1}{z}}{(z+2)^3}dz$

Then

$\oint\frac{\frac{1}{z}}{(z+2)^3}dz=\left(\frac{2\pi i }{2!}\right)\left[\frac{d^2f(z)}{dz^2}\right]_{z=-2}$

$=\left(\frac{2\pi i }{2!}\right)\left[\frac{d^2}{dz^2}(\frac{1}{z})\right]_{z=-2}$

$=\left({\pi i}\right)\left[{\frac{2}{(z)^3}}\right]_{z=-2}$

$=\color{blue}{-\frac{1\pi i}{4}}$

Is that correct?


  1. Solution (geometric progression)

$\int_{\delta_{B_1(-2)}} \frac{1}{z(z+2)^3}dz$

$\frac{1}{z(z+2)^3} = 2*(1-(1+\frac{z}{2}))^{-1}*\frac{1}{z(z+2)^3}$

$=\frac{2}{z(z+2)^3}*\frac{1}{1-(1+\frac{z}{2})}$


We know, that

$\frac{1}{1-(1+\frac{z}{2})}=\sum_{n=0}^∞ {(1+\frac{z}{2})^n}=1+(1+\frac{z}{2})^1+(1+\frac{z}{2})^2+(1+\frac{z}{2})^3+ ...)$


So we get

$\frac{2}{z(z+2)^3}*\frac{1}{1-(1+\frac{z}{2})}=\frac{2}{z(z+2)^3}*(1+(1+\frac{z}{2})^1+(1+\frac{z}{2})^2+(1+\frac{z}{2})^3+ ...)=$

$=\frac{4}{(z+2)^3}+\frac{z}{(z+2)^3}+\frac{1/2}{(z+2)}+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{2+z}{8}+...$

=> $f(z)=1/2, z=-2 => 2\pi if(z)=2\pi i*1/2=\pi i$

In this solution I have $\color{blue}{\pi i}$

And in the top solution I have another answer $\color{blue}{-\frac{\pi i}{4}}$.

What's my mistake?

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The only enclosed pole is a third-order one at $z=-2$, so the residue is $\tfrac12\lim_{z\to-2}\tfrac{d^2}{dz^2}[(z-2)^3f(z)]$. I leave you to evaluate this, then multiply by $2i\pi$.