Contour Integrals

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Evaluate:

  1. $\int_C \hat{z} dz$ where $C$ is the straight line from $i$ to $2-i$.

  2. $\int_C \frac{dz}{z}$ where $C$ is the straight line from $3$ to $4i$

  3. $\int_C (z-z_0)^{n-1}dz $ for any integer $n$, where C is the contour once around the circle $|z-z_0|=1$.

I know that $z=x+iy$, so $\hat{z}=x-iy$. so for the first part, $\int (x-iy)dz$ from $i$ to $2-i$, but I don't know if to integrate with respect to $dx$ or $dy$?

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What you are missing is the description of the contour on which you are integrating. For example, the straight line from $z=i$ to $z=2-i$ is described by

$$z=i (1-t) + (2-i) t$$

where $t \in [0,1]$. Then equating real and imaginary parts, $x=2 t$, $y=1-2 t$. Also, $dz = 2 (1-i) dt$. The first integral is then

$$\int_0^1 (2 t - i (1-2 t)) (2 (1-i)) \, dt$$

You can evaluate this.