Evaluate integral using Cauchy's integral for derivatives.

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Integrate counterclockwise around the unit circle.

$$\int_c \frac{e^{z}}{z^{n}}dz$$ where n = 1,2,...

Where do I even begin this?

I know the integral formula that I probably want to use is:

$$\int \frac{f(z)}{(z-a)^{n+1}}dz = \frac{2\pi \cdot i}{n!} \cdot f^{n}(a)$$

Is the answer just going to be in general form?

So $e^{z}$ derivatives are just $e^{z}$. What should I do with z? Do I have to convert it?

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That's it!

$$\oint_C \frac{e^z}{z^n} dz = \frac{2\pi i}{(n-1)!} \left. \frac{d^{n-1}}{dz^{n-1} }e^z \right |_{z=0}$$

$$\oint_C \frac{e^z}{z^n} dz = \frac{2\pi i}{(n-1)!}$$

Another way $\cdots$

$$\oint_C \frac{e^z}{z^n} dz = \oint \frac{dz}{z^n}\left[1+z+\frac{z^2}{2!}+\frac{z^3}{3!}+\cdots \right]=2\pi i\oint \frac{dz}{z^n}\frac{z^{n-1}}{(n-1)!}=\frac{2\pi i} {(n-1)!},$$ since all other terms evaluate to zero.