Order of zero equals residue of logarithmic derivative
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).