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I am aware of the theorem that a function in the complex plane $f(z)$ has no antiderivative if and only if the contour integral of $f(z)$ over every closed path is non-zero. Because it is also a theorem that each closed path is contractable to a circle, therefore this is the same as integrating it over ever possible circle.

However, the integral is zero (so it's supposed to have an anti-derivative) whenever the circle is centered at the origin. But I know that this function never has an antiderivative. So what went awry?

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    – Rob Arthan
    May 29, 2018 at 21:11

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Because you can't deduce frm the fact that one path $\gamma$ is contractible to another path $\gamma^\star$ that the integral of a functions along $\gamma$ is equal to the integral of that function along $\gamma^\star$. That is true for holomorphic functions, but that's not the case here.

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