Definition:Contour/Closed/Complex Plane
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Definition
Let $C$ be a contour in $\C$ defined by the (finite) sequence $\sequence {C_1, \ldots, C_n}$ of directed smooth curves in $\C$.
Let $C_k$ be parameterized by the smooth path $\gamma_k: \closedint {a_k} {b_k} \to \C$ for all $k \in \set {1, \ldots, n}$.
$C$ is a closed contour if and only if the start point of $C$ is equal to the end point of $C$:
- $\map {\gamma_1} {a_1} = \map {\gamma_n} {b_n}$
Also see
- Reparameterization of Directed Smooth Curve Maps Endpoints To Endpoints, from which it follows that this definition is independent of the parameterizations of $C_1$ and $C_n$.
Also known as
A closed contour is called a loop in some texts.
Some texts define a contour to be what $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ refers to as a closed contour.
Sources
- 2001: Christian Berg: Kompleks funktionsteori: $\S 2.2$