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Goursat's Lemma, also known as the Goursat's Theorem, is a theorem in Complex analysis. Goursat's lemma is a precursor to the Cauchy's integral theorem and is often used in its proof. It plays an important role in the development of complex analysis. Remarkably, the lemma only requires Complex differentiability but not continuous differentiability. The lemma was proved in its rectangular form by Édouard Goursat (18581936) and published in 1884. The triangular form commonly used today was introduced by Alfred Pringsheim.

Goursat's Lemma

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Given the following assumptions:

  • (P1) Let be an open subset,
  • (P2) Let be three non-collinear points that define the triangle
  • (P3) Let be a holomorphic function,
  • (P4) Let be the closed path over the triangle edge of with starting point ,

then the following statements hold:

  • (C1)

Proof

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Integration path along the triangle boundary
Subdivision of the outer paths and insertion of additional paths between the midpoints of the sides, which cancel out in the line integral due to the reversed direction of the integration path, resulting in a sum of 0 and leaving the total integral unchanged.
Inductive definition of the paths. The subtriangles are similar to the original triangle. By using the midpoints of the sides, the perimeter of a triangle is halved with each step to .

(S1) We define a sequence of triangular paths recursively as .

Proof part 1: Definition of the triangle paths

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  • (S2) (DEF) For let the closed triangle path be defined as:

Furthermore, let be already defined. We define inductively.

Justification: (P4,UT)
  • (S3) (DEF) Definition: Triangle path ,
Justification: (S3,S4,S5)
  • (S4) (DEF) Definition: Triangle path ,
  • (S5) (DEF) Definition: Triangle path ,
  • (S6) (DEF) Definition: Triangle path
  • (S7) (DEF) Let be the smallest index with and

Proof part 2: Estimates

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  • (S8)
  • (S9) for all
Justification: (S7,WG4,DU)
  • (S10)

Proof part 3: Diameter of the sub-triangles

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  • (S11) The nested definition of the sub-triangles yields for all : and
  • (S12) and

Proof part 4: Use of holomorphism (P3)

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  • (S13) We use the holomorphism of in for further steps with
and
Justification: (P3)
  • (S14) The function with has a primitive
Justification: since is a polynomial of degree 1.
  • (S15) The path integral over the closed paths of the function is thus
Justification: (SF)
  • (S16) For the path integral over the closed paths of the function we have

Proof part 4: Estimate of the remainder term

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  • (S17) With we have: For all there exists a
Justification: --criterion applied to and continuity of in
  • (S18) For all there exists a :
Justification: (S2)
  • (S20) From the condition there exists for all an with for all .
  • (S21) for all and all
Justification: The factor arises from the continued halving of the sides of the triangles
  • (S22) This implies:
for all
Justification: (S19,LIW,IAL)
  • (C1)


Abbreviations for justifications

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  • (DU)
  • (DI) Definition: Let be a set
  • (WE) Definition (Path): Let be a subset and with . A path in is a continuous mapping .
  • (SPU) Definition (Trace): Let be a path in . The trace of is defined as: .
  • (WZ) Definition (Path-connected): Let be a subset. is called path-connected if there exists a path in with , and .
  • (GE) Definition (Domain): A subset is called a domain if (1) is open, (2) and (3) is path-connected.
  • (WG1) Definition (Smooth path): A path is smooth if it is continuously differentiable.
  • (UT) Definition (Subdivision): Let be an interval, and . is called a subdivision of .
  • (WG2) Definition (Path subdivision): Let be a path in , , a subdivision of , for all a path in . is called a path subdivision of if and .
  • (WG3) Definition (Piecewise smooth path): A path is piecewise smooth if there exists a path subdivision of consisting of smooth paths for all .
  • (WG4) Definition (Path integral): Let be a continuous function and a smooth path, then the path integral is defined as: . If is only piecewise smooth with respect to a path subdivision , then we define .
  • (SF) Theorem (Primitive with closed paths): If a continuous function has a primitive , then for a piecewise smooth path we have .
  • (LIW) Length of the integration path: Let be a smooth path, then the is defined as:
.
If is a general integration path with the path subdivision of smooth paths , then is defined as the sum of the lengths of the smooth paths , i.e.:
  • (IAL) Integral estimate over the length of the integration path: Let be an integration path on the domain , then for a continuous function on we have the estimate:

Literature

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  • Eberhard Freitag & Rolf Busam: Funktionentheorie 1, Springer-Verlag, Berlin

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