Question: Experiment with integrals - f(x) dx, f(x) = [(x - 1 )(x - 2 ) (x -

Experiment with integrals ∫∞ -∞ f(x) dx, f(x) = [(x - α1)(x - α2) · · · (x - αk)]-1, αreal and all different, k > 1. Conjecture that the principal value of these integrals is 0. Try to prove this for a special k, say, k = 3. For general k.

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