Morera's theorem

[ maw-rair-uh z ]
/ mɔˈrɛər əz /

noun Mathematics.

the theorem that a function is analytic in a simply connected domain if its integral is zero around every simple closed curve of finite length in the domain.

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Origin of Morera's theorem

after Italian mathematician and physicist Giacinto Morera (1856–1909), who formulated it
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