Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2024 / ii / Paper 1 / 7D / a / Solution

For singularities $a<c_1<\cdots <c_N<b$, the Cauchy principal value iswhere the assumed tail integrals make the two unbounded pieces meaningful. Equivalently, remove a symmetric interval of radius $\epsilon$ about each $c_j$ and take the limit of the remaining integral.

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