Order of zero equals residue of logarithmic derivative

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Statement

Suppose is an open subset and is a meromorphic function. Suppose is a point. Define the order of zero of at as the unique for which the function is holomorphic and nonzero at .

Then, the order of zero of at equals the residue of its logarithmic derivative at .

Note that if has a pole at , then the order of the pole is the negative of the residue for its logarithmic derivative (that's because the order as a pole is the negative of order as a zero).