Complex Analysis/Goursat's Lemma

Introduction

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Goursat's Lemma is a crucial result in the proof of the Cauchy's integral theorem.It restricts the integration paths to triangles, making it provable via a geometric subdivision argument.

Statement

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Let   be a closed triangle,   an open set, and   a holomorphic function. Then:  

Proof

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Set  . We inductively construct a sequence   with the properties:

1.  

2.  , where   represents the length of a curve

3.  

For   and   already constructed, we subdivide   by connecting the midpoints of its sides, forming four subtriangles  ,  . Since the contributions of the midpoints cancel out in the integration, we have:

 

Choose   such that   and set  . Then, by construction:  ,  , and  

This ensures   has the required properties.

Since all   are compact,  . Let  . As   is holomorphic at  , there exists a neighborhood   of   and a continuous function   with   such that:  

Since the function   has a primitive, it follows for   with   that:  

Thus, due to the continuity of   and  , we obtain:

 

Notation in the Proof

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  is the  -th subtriangle of the original triangle, with side lengths scaled by a factor of  .

  is the integration path along the boundary of the  -th subtriangle, with perimeter  .


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