Example 1: Compute the integral
\(\int_{\gamma}\frac{z^3+1}{z^3-1}dz,\)
where \(\gamma\) is the curve \(z=e^{it}+e^{4it},t\in[0,2\pi]\).

Hint:

The picture of the curve is shown as follows

Static z(t) = e^it+e^4it

The animation below shows the process from t=0 to \(2\pi\):

Animation draw z(t)=e^it+e^4it

You do not have to plug in \(z=e^{it}+e^{4it},t\in[0,2\pi]\) in order to solve this problem.


Example 2: Evaluate the contour integral 
\(\int_{\gamma}\frac{1}{e^z-1}dz,\)
where \(\gamma\) is the circle with radius \(3\pi\), centered at \(z=0\), oriented counterclockwise for one loop.
Solution 1: There are 3 singularities inside the circle: \(0, \pm 2\pi i\). All of them has residue \(2\pi i\), so the answer is \(6\pi i\) by the residue theorem. 


 Solution 2: Using Matlab, the code is:

Solution 3: Using Mathematica.  \(N\left[3 \pi \int_0^{2 \pi } \frac{i e^{i x}}{-1+e^{3 \pi e^{i x}}} \, dx\right]\) gives an answer: \(0.\, +12.5664 i\). Is this correct? What's wrong?

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