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\oint_{|z|=5} ze^{3/z} dz \,

There is a singularity at 0, so \oint_{|z|=5} ze^{3/z} dz =2\pi i \mathrm{Res}_{z=0}\,.

In general, \mathrm{Res}_{z=a}\, is the coefficient in front of the \frac{1}{z-a}\, term in the Laurent expansion of the integrand.

z e^{3/z} = z \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{(3/z)^k}{k!}\,

When k=2\, the term from the sum is \frac{9}{2}z^{-1}\, so \mathrm{Res}_{z=0}=\frac{9}{2}\,.

Finally,

\oint_{|z|=5} ze^{3/z} dz = 2\pi i \frac{9}{2} = 9\pi i\,

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