I am having an issue with the following complex analysis problem. I am suppose to find the coefficients of $z^{-1}$, $z^{-2}$ and $z^{-3}$ in the Laurent series for $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sin z}$ around $z_0 = 0$ which is valid for $2\pi < |z| < 3\pi$.
One way I thought of doing it was to say $ \frac{1}{\sin z} = \frac{1}{(z - 2\pi)(z - 3\pi)}\frac{(z - 2\pi)(z - 3\pi)}{\sin z} $
Let $H(z) = \displaystyle \frac{(z - 2\pi)(z - 3\pi)}{\sin z} $. Then we have $ \frac{1}{\sin z} = H(z)\left[ \frac{A}{z - 2\pi} - \frac{B}{z - 3\pi} \right] = H(z)\left[ \sum_{k = 0}^\infty \frac{A(2\pi)^k}{z^{k + 1}} + \sum_{k = 0}^\infty \frac{Bz^k}{(3\pi)^{k + 1}} \right]. $ This seems to get me part of the way of where i need to go, but leaves me having to find a series that works for $H(z)$. I was going to continue in this way, but I though that perhaps it was giving me an entire series, and the problem seems to be suggesting to only solve for 3 of the coefficients.
Another way to solve for the coefficients is $\displaystyle a_k = \frac{1}{2\pi i} \int_\gamma \frac{f(w)}{(w - z_0)^{k + 1}} dw$, where $\gamma$ is a circle, of say radius $R$, that is in the annulus.
I tried to do this just for $a_{-1}$ and I got the following $ \int_0^{2\pi} \frac{Rie^{it}}{\sin(Re^{it})} dt = \int_{u(0)}^{u(2\pi)} \frac{1}{\sin(u)} du $ where $u = Re^{it}$, so $u(0) = R$ and $u(2\pi) = R$. Thus I'm integrating from $R$ to $R$, so $a_{-1} = 0$.
However the $u$ substitution seems like something went wrong. I am not even sure if I can actually do a $u$ substitution like that, but I can't see how to solve the integral any other way.
I am not sure what direction to go with this problem, and it seems like I am making it a lot harder than it is suppose to be. Can anyone give me some direction on it?
Should I be attempting to solve the integrals, or do something like I was at the beginning?