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==Interpretation of the contour integral== The [[contour integral]] <math>\oint_{C} \frac{f'(z)}{f(z)}\, dz</math> can be interpreted as 2π''i'' times the winding number of the path ''f''(''C'') around the origin, using the substitution ''w'' = ''f''(''z''): :<math>\oint_{C} \frac{f'(z)}{f(z)}\, dz = \oint_{f(C)} \frac{1}{w}\, dw</math> That is, it is ''i'' times the total change in the [[argument (complex analysis)|argument]] of ''f''(''z'') as ''z'' travels around ''C'', explaining the name of the theorem; this follows from :<math>\frac{d}{dz}\log(f(z))=\frac{f'(z)}{f(z)}</math> and the relation between arguments and logarithms.
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