How to find the Residues of a Complex Function

In this video, I describe 3 techniques behind finding residues of a complex function: 1) Using the Laurent series, 2) A residue-finding approach for simple poles, and 3) A residue-finding approach for non-simple poles.
I also prove/verify these techniques, which are ultimately going to be used to calculate complex integrals (and even real integrals) when applying the Residue Theorem.
Questions/suggestions? Let me know in the comments! Also, yes, I spelled 'technique' wrong at 8:50. Pls forgive my transgression.
Prereqs: The playlist so far (the first 7 videos, especially the Laurent series and residue theorem one): • Complex Variables and ...
Lecture Notes: drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ur...
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  • @mahnoorpirzada6638
    @mahnoorpirzada66384 жыл бұрын

    i find it incredible that i pay a lot of money to attend a top ranked uni and be taught this, but end up learning all of it for free on youtube. this is amazing, thank you.

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    @covingtonkua9404

    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @FighterAceee94

    @FighterAceee94

    3 жыл бұрын

    And here I thought the reason I wasn't taught this at uni was because my uni is free (paid by taxpayers)

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    @mettataurr

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @SouravBagchigoogleplus

    @SouravBagchigoogleplus

    3 жыл бұрын

    I also attend a top ranked University. That's why our professor assumed that we learnt these simple things in high school.

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    @technoguyx

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @rikudou766
    @rikudou76617 күн бұрын

    Thank you Dr. Khan. My proffessor finished up complex analysis within 1.5 month and we tought it was impressive. But with you I understood the course within a night. Please continue teaching us because you are better than any proffessor I know.

  • @tariqandrea398
    @tariqandrea398 Жыл бұрын

    This is not just a lecture on complex variables and residues. This is a service to the human race. Years back when I took complex variables at Stanford, it was near impossible to understand Cauchy's theorem, residues, and their uses. It took me an extremely long time to understand what this lecture communicated in 15 minutes. Current students from the University fo Toronto, which prides itself as one of the worlds top 20 post some horror stories about their freshmen courses in calculus, physics and YES even pedestrian chemistry and biology.

  • @charlierandallmoll1531
    @charlierandallmoll1531Ай бұрын

    After hours of confusion with my terrible textbook (fischer), you have cleared everything up for me in less than 15 mins, thank you

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    @rachanasoni0076 жыл бұрын

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  • @maithaap4565
    @maithaap45654 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I have watched this video before. At first, I haven't understood it, but then I watched the whole series (with skipping the proofs) and it is very clear. Thank you sir, your explanation is to the point, and very clear!

  • @coolbowties394
    @coolbowties3944 жыл бұрын

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    @alexrosellverges83454 жыл бұрын

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    @georgedelgado1995

    5 жыл бұрын

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    @LowMoneyStudy5 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely Clean And Amazing Explanation, Thank you

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    @sayy_gaarr4 жыл бұрын

    This video perfectly shows why I love math !! Greatly appreciated. Keep it up.

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    @frechernono64014 жыл бұрын

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    @captain_jack86404 жыл бұрын

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    @StanDoesaThing4 жыл бұрын

    This video is exactly what I was telling my friend I wanted from my professor but wasn't getting. Thanks!

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    @kanikagupta61036 жыл бұрын

    Concepts so beautifully explained

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    @bhoopendragupta47823 жыл бұрын

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    @OmarAhmed-ic4fw3 жыл бұрын

    Great work! I wish you would continue with complex analysis making more videos about the theory and examples.

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    @athul38703 жыл бұрын

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    @sandracordoba6090 Жыл бұрын

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  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    Жыл бұрын

    Much appreciated!

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    @ziqizhang19255 жыл бұрын

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  • @GoldenPlana
    @GoldenPlana6 жыл бұрын

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  • @Frostbitecgi
    @Frostbitecgi5 жыл бұрын

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  • @nestorv7627
    @nestorv76277 жыл бұрын

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  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

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    @sabariprasad4239

    5 жыл бұрын

    how it is entertaining...

  • @sanamazarniya8092
    @sanamazarniya80924 жыл бұрын

    just wanted to say that you're amazing and thank you :)

  • @tpthpt5973
    @tpthpt59737 жыл бұрын

    I would like to see an example of the residue theorem where a pole lies on a boundary (not inside, not outside). Great videos by the way!

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Interesting, I can try that in a future video for sure, and thank you for the kind words!

  • @uhbayhue

    @uhbayhue

    2 жыл бұрын

    4 years late, but I got a solution for you! Suppose a pole z0 lies on the real axis while you consider a contour in the upper half-plane. Then, you approximate z0 as z0+ i*p, in the limit as p approaches 0. That is, z0 = lim (p --> 0) [ z0 + i*p]. The addition of i*p removes the pole from the boundary and pushes it into the upper half plane. You can equivalently let z0 go to z0 - i*p to push it into the lower half plane. So replace every instance of z0 with z0 +/- i*p, simplify, and take the limit at the end. This way, you can tackle poles on boundaries of contours.

  • @Zumerjud
    @Zumerjud Жыл бұрын

    Very clear explanation. Thank you!

  • @HaNguyen-zw3xz
    @HaNguyen-zw3xz6 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou so much for posting this video!!!!

  • @ayasaki.pb_787
    @ayasaki.pb_7873 жыл бұрын

    Much thanks for proving technic 3. My book does the same by saying it's easy to identify that without show me the proof. Now have the complete picture of computing residues.

  • @BIGPIMPINREELS
    @BIGPIMPINREELS3 жыл бұрын

    Really good work! Thank you so much for this

  • @xerxes4849
    @xerxes48492 жыл бұрын

    Thx for this explanation. Made a lot of things clear for me!

  • @ryanmckenna2047
    @ryanmckenna20472 жыл бұрын

    The massive dusty tome I was reading on this has been hard going but your lectures made it easy and enjoyable to understand

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    @audwindcosta85006 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Lecture Thank you so much sir

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    @notcavendish97547 жыл бұрын

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  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    7 жыл бұрын

    No problem! I appreciate the kind words!

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    @carlosfelipebedoyariveros47765 жыл бұрын

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    @mariomasters14 жыл бұрын

    Excellent lecture series man!

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    @pushpamsingh38705 жыл бұрын

    It is very helpful. Thanks a lot for it.

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    @sajidrizvi46656 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so very much for this :)

  • @suryakaysee
    @suryakaysee6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Khan. You just saved me hours trying to revise Complex Calculus. Your videos are so concise and easy to understanding. Keep these videos coming :D !

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, and I will!

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    @jack000pumpkin7 жыл бұрын

    Great channel. Thank you so much!

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like it!

  • @mihaipuiu6231
    @mihaipuiu62312 жыл бұрын

    Very nice demonstration.

  • @tompurcell1499
    @tompurcell14994 жыл бұрын

    I might be missing something here, and technically you are correct, but surely for a function f(z) having a pole of order n, it is unnecessary to multiply the Laurent Series for f about the pole α by (z - α) to any exponent greater than n. Indeed (as demonstrated in your last example) for such a function f, with Res(f, α) the residue of f, Res(f, α) = (1/(n-1)!) lim(z → α) d^(n-1)/dz^(n-1) [(z - α)^n f(z)] For m > n, all that we achieve is more work in determining the residue, as fun as repeated differentiating may be.

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    @ascle9095 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, life saver

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    @metallicafan97ariana3 жыл бұрын

    AMAZING. many thanks

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    @frankreashore3 жыл бұрын

    Wonderfully clear description. Huge thanks. What drawing tool are you using?

  • @ArathonSG
    @ArathonSG4 жыл бұрын

    Great video thank you so much

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    @mohamedmouh3949 Жыл бұрын

    i like the speed of explaining

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    @lidkaluczkiewicz420 Жыл бұрын

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    @matthewscott3369 ай бұрын

    Really great content

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    @monikamishra85916 жыл бұрын

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    @fabiospinelli4179 Жыл бұрын

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    @cboniefbr7 жыл бұрын

    Amazing videos!!

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

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    @user-kt3ke7fj2l3 жыл бұрын

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    @samuelj58905 жыл бұрын

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    @dikshantdulal5873 жыл бұрын

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    @boyteam104 жыл бұрын

    Very good lesson

  • @kaishaikh6241
    @kaishaikh62417 жыл бұрын

    Does the next video on complex variables exist yet? If not, please consider this a request :) great video by the way!

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Doesn't exist yet, but I'm making one. Thank you for the kind words!

  • @TeslaArabic
    @TeslaArabic6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @stayawayfrommrrogers
    @stayawayfrommrrogers6 жыл бұрын

    5:19 When z^2 - 1 is factored, wouldn't that add a second (z - 1 ) term into the denominator?

  • @youssefbenhachem993
    @youssefbenhachem9935 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

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    @madhvisaiya51646 жыл бұрын

    I want to make similar videos. How do you make them. What app?? Or tricks?

  • @carnival121
    @carnival1215 жыл бұрын

    I think I'm being very dim but I don't get the first example. The taylor series of the sin(z) is the analytic part right? I dont get how dividing through by 1/z^2 makes it the principal part. I'm clearly not getting how to construct the Laurent series. Does anyone know of any pages that go through step by step how to get the laurent series without the taylor series shortcut?

  • @ItsKickey
    @ItsKickey2 жыл бұрын

    "The proof is very simple and left it as an exercises" LOL I am preparing the midterm and all my roommate are looking at me like I am a fool

  • @rjbeatz
    @rjbeatz4 жыл бұрын

    Hello! Can you recommend any books related to this topic? Thank You

  • @azfarahsan
    @azfarahsan2 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @uimasterskill
    @uimasterskill2 жыл бұрын

    Your proof works if the set of singularities is discrete topologically, because only then you can draw small disjoint circles around them. Are they always like this? Can the set of singularities have an accumulation point, for example?

  • @arbimalngiang7349
    @arbimalngiang73494 жыл бұрын

    I like the lecture it is very

  • @arturo3511
    @arturo3511 Жыл бұрын

    at 4.02, could you explain why it stops at j=1 for a simple pole ?

  • @RavindraKempaiah
    @RavindraKempaiah6 жыл бұрын

    You're the best. I wish you could offer a Coursera or EdX course. Are you a faculty at a University?

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nope, not a faculty. I'm a university student.

  • @marcelasiqueira6658

    @marcelasiqueira6658

    4 жыл бұрын

    Most professors at universities do NOT teach so good.

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    @user-xi4vy9iw1v2 жыл бұрын

    GOAT!!!

  • @mogustew
    @mogustew3 жыл бұрын

    Why is it that in the third technique we do not have to the take the limit as z -> z_0 as we did when z_0 was a simple pole?

  • @joliverkozlowski
    @joliverkozlowski4 жыл бұрын

    Valeu! Thanks!!

  • @ChocolateMilkCultLeader
    @ChocolateMilkCultLeader4 жыл бұрын

    Exam in 2 days. Thank you for this

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    4 жыл бұрын

    All the best!

  • @WA-hq6ls
    @WA-hq6ls4 жыл бұрын

    allow me, but this is fu*king nice!!

  • @ddiq47
    @ddiq472 жыл бұрын

    ur a legend

  • @faiyazmahir5210
    @faiyazmahir52104 жыл бұрын

    Can I use rule three for every residue function?

  • @sureshkaruppasamy6257
    @sureshkaruppasamy62572 жыл бұрын

    Please help us to find poles and residue of 1/sin²z

  • @ryanchatterjee
    @ryanchatterjee6 жыл бұрын

    Another important technique: If you have a function of the form f(z)=p(z)/q(z), where q(z) has a zero at z=a but its first derivative is nonzero at z=a, and p(a) is nonzero, the residue at z=a will be equal to p(a)/q'(a).

  • @madalinam7137
    @madalinam71373 жыл бұрын

    Hi! Thanks for the nice video! I have a question, for the case of finding the residue for a pole of higher than 1 order, let's take as an example a pole of 2nd order. Wouldn't it give the same result and also be simpler if the residue would be calculated as lim z-> z0 { (z-z0)^2 * F(z)} instead of doing so many derivatives? it means that it would apply to a pole of any order n>=1 as follows: R[z0]= lim z-> z0 { (z-z0)^n * F(z)} with n = the order of the pole. What is the difference? Thanks!

  • @mbrusyda9437

    @mbrusyda9437

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, plugging z0 to the series gives b_n not the residue b_1

  • @Ella20399
    @Ella203994 жыл бұрын

    Cant thank you enough

  • @GoogleUser-ee8ro
    @GoogleUser-ee8ro Жыл бұрын

    5:27 why is z = i is the only simple pole? how about z=-i, z=1 and z=-1? cosz for those zeros are also analytic and they all appear once in the denominator.

  • @CarlosRamos-tx4er
    @CarlosRamos-tx4er4 жыл бұрын

    well , if lim (z-z_0)f(z) when z tends to z_0 tends to infinity , z_0 also could be a essential singularity but if there is a finite n such the lim((z-z_0)^n)f(z) is finite, then z_0 is nesesarily a pole

  • @whoisnp3305
    @whoisnp33059 күн бұрын

    How do you know if something has a pole ?. Is there a video that you have on this concept ?

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    9 күн бұрын

    I define poles here (I'd suggest watching the videos before this one on the playlist so you have a stronger idea of what's happening): kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yo6Dr82mqZDHhNI.html

  • @pushpamsingh3870
    @pushpamsingh38705 жыл бұрын

    Please make a video on branch point, too.

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    5 жыл бұрын

    Working on it!

  • @arbimalngiang7349
    @arbimalngiang73494 жыл бұрын

    Sir can u provide video to find resume(sin1/z-1,1) plz sir

  • @NicolasSchmidMusic
    @NicolasSchmidMusic3 жыл бұрын

    I don't really see why for a pole of order n we can't just multiply with (z -zo)^n. Souldn't it also give us the residue at zo? Obviously what I say is wrong because it doesn't give the same result but I can't find out why. EDIT: I just got it if we multiply by (z-zo)^n we would actually get bn and not b1

  • @lautaro450
    @lautaro4506 жыл бұрын

    This is so useful.. Thank you! you really help me. I'm student of physics so.. If you need some help in whatever you want.. just send me a message :).

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the feedback and the offer! I don't need help right now but if I do, I'll be sure to make an announcement!

  • @jayjayf9699
    @jayjayf96993 жыл бұрын

    Why are we only finding b1 using technique 3 , what about the other bn values for the residue ?

  • @mogustew

    @mogustew

    3 жыл бұрын

    Only the coefficient b_1 is called the residue.

  • @allenfernando4619
    @allenfernando46194 жыл бұрын

    Hi, how is the cosine of z continuous and holomorphic at i ? Can someone explain.

  • @MrBorderlands123

    @MrBorderlands123

    4 жыл бұрын

    Use the Cauchy-Riemann equations to show that cos(z) is an analytic function.

  • @tanujabysani2663
    @tanujabysani2663 Жыл бұрын

    How to solve fourier series and transforms

  • @joy4mkol
    @joy4mkol2 жыл бұрын

    How about residue of (z-Sin z)/z?

  • @shinzon0
    @shinzon05 жыл бұрын

    Is this your natural voice or is the voice computer generated?

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    4 жыл бұрын

    A bit of both :) I usually edit the voice afterwards to make the audio cleaner.

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    @nickcooley28576 жыл бұрын

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    @georgedelgado1995

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nick Cooley 🍎...even without a soul

  • @sakshigupta4293
    @sakshigupta42936 жыл бұрын

    How to find residues of trigonometric functions

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    @d74mu4 жыл бұрын

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    @owaise76962 жыл бұрын

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  • @adammarsono8908
    @adammarsono89086 жыл бұрын

    Why b1 = Re(Z0) ?

  • @FacultyofKhan

    @FacultyofKhan

    6 жыл бұрын

    Because that's the definition of the residue (the coefficient of the 1/(z-z0) term in the Laurent expansion).

  • @catdanceable
    @catdanceable3 жыл бұрын

    cool

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    @celestemoss11414 жыл бұрын

    godsend