Compute the following integral over a closed curve Let $\gamma$ denote the unit circle center at origin. compute the following integral.
$$\int_\gamma \frac{e^z-e^{-z}}{z^4}dz$$
I guess I can solve this by integral by parts,
$$\int_\gamma \frac{e^z-e^{-z}}{z^4}dz=\int^{2\pi}_0 \frac{e^{e^{it}}-e^{-e^{it}}}{e^{3it}}dt=\int^{2\pi}_0 \frac{e^{e^{it}}}{e^{3it}}dt-\int^{2\pi}_0 \frac{e^{-e^{it}}}{e^{3it}}dt$$
we first compute $\int^{2\pi}_0 \frac{e^{e^{it}}}{e^{4it}}dt$. Let $u=e^{it}\implies du=ie^{it}dt$ and $dv=e^{3it}\implies v=e^{3it}/3i$,
hence we have $$[\frac{e^{it}e^{3it}}{3i}]^{2\pi}_0-\frac{1}{3}\int^{2\pi}_0e^{4it}dt=0$$
Similarily, $\int^{2\pi}_0 \frac{e^{-e^{it}}}{e^{3it}}dt=0$ Hence, we have the integral to be zero.
But I was wondering if I can use any propositions relating to holomorphic functions on a disc to conclude that the above integral is zero since $\gamma $ is a closed curve. If I want to compute the integral this way, how should I begin?
Thanks!
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we first compute $\int^{2\pi}_0 \frac{e^{e^{it}}}{e^{4it}}dt$. Let $u=e^{it}\implies du=ie^{it}dt$ and $dv=e^{3it}\implies v=e^{3it}/3i$,
hence we have $$[\frac{e^{it}e^{3it}}{3i}]^{2\pi}_0-\frac{1}{3}\int^{2\pi}_0e^{4it}dt=0$$

This is incorrect. The substitution $u$ should not be an exponent of the exponential function $\exp$ if you are doing integration by parts. (And did you mean to write $e^{4it}$?)

But I was wondering if I can use any propositions relating to holomorphic functions on a disc to conclude that the above integral is zero since $\gamma $ is a closed curve. If I want to compute the integral this way, how should I begin?

That depends on what you define your disc as. If $f(z)$ is holomorphic at all points interior to and on a simple closed contour $\gamma$, then $\int_{\gamma}f(z)dz = 0$. But in order to use this statement, the function to be integrated has to be holomorphic inside and on $\gamma$. This does not work for the unit circle centered at the origin because the function $\dfrac{e^z-e^{-z}}{z^4}$ has a singularity at $z=0$.
The best way to calculate this is through the Residue Theorem. Note that $z=0$ is a pole of order $4$. Then
$$\int_{\gamma}\frac{e^z-e^{-z}}{z^4}dz = 2\pi i \operatorname{Res}\left(\frac{e^z-e^{-z}}{(z-0)^4}, z=0\right) = 2\pi i \cdot \frac{\dfrac{d^{4-1}}{dz^{4-1}}\left[e^z-e^{-z}\right]_{z=0}}{(4-1)!} = \frac{2\pi i}{3}.$$
A: Using the residue theorem,  we get $2\pi i/3$, because the residue is $1/3$, the coefficient of the $z^3$ term of $e^z-e^{-z}$.
(I tried to correct your integration by parts, without success.)
A: You can directly use Cauchy's differentiation formula:
$$f^{(n)}(a) = \frac{n!}{2\pi i}\oint_{\gamma}\frac{f(z)}{(z-a)^{n+1}}$$
where
$$a=0, f(z) = e^z-e^{-z} = 2\sinh z \text{ and } \gamma: |z|=1$$
Just noting that $\sinh^{(3)} z = \cosh z$ you get
$$\int_\gamma \frac{e^z-e^{-z}}{z^4}dz = \frac{2\pi i}{3!}\cdot 2\cosh 0 = \frac 23 \pi i$$
