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The complex integral

Draw a contour in the left plane and the running value of the integral ∫ f(z) dz = Σ f(zk)·Δzk traces out in the right plane — its endpoint is the value of the integral. The green and cyan ticks show how f(z) turns the tangent directions dz=1 and dz=i.

A modern JavaScript + Canvas port of a 1998 Java applet by Terence Tao (originally IntegApp.java / IntegGrid.java).

z-plane — draw a contourvalue of ∫ f(z) dz
f(z) · 1 f(z) · i contour & partial sum

Draw a closed loop and watch the sum return (or not) to 0.