---
tag: 06ZGPYTWK8
kind: concept
name: Contour integral
aliases: [complex-line-integral, path-integral, contour-integration]
msc: ["30E20"]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contour_integration
    locator: lead section
same_as:
  wikidata: Q856103
  wikipedia: Contour integration
---

## Summary

A contour integral is the integral of a complex function along a path in the complex plane, see the [[definition|00FWNP9TXY]].
Contour integration is the method of computing integrals with the theorems of complex analysis about such integrals.