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The residue theorem

Draw a closed contour in the left plane around some of the poles (pink). The running value of ∮ f(z) dz traces out in the right plane and should converge to 2πi × (sum of enclosed residues). Poles and their residues are editable.

A modern JavaScript + Canvas port of a 2000 Java applet by Terence Tao (originally ResApp.java / ResGrid.java).

z-plane — draw a contour∮ f(z) dz (÷ 2π shown)