Given a holomorphic function f on an annulus $ A(0,R,\infty ) $ (centered at 0, with inner radius $ R $ and infinite outer radius), the residue at infinity of the function f can be defined in terms of the usual residue as follows:
$$ \operatorname {Res} (f,\infty )=-\operatorname {Res} \left({1 \over z^{2}}f\left({1 \over z}\right),0\right) $$
Thus, one can transfer the study of $ f(z) $ at infinity to the study of $ f(1/z) $ at the origin.
Note that $ \forall r>R $, we have
$$ \operatorname {Res} (f,\infty )={-1 \over 2\pi i}\int _{C(0,r)}f(z)\,dz $$ |