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Math 411: Honours Complex Variables - University of Alberta

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Chapter 3<br />

Power Series<br />

Definition. A(complex)power seriesisaninfiniteseries<strong>of</strong>theform �∞ n<br />

n=0an(z−z0) withz,z0,a0,a1,a2,... ∈ C. Thepointz0 iscalledthepoint <strong>of</strong> expansionfortheseries.<br />

Examples.<br />

1. For m ∈ N, we have<br />

m�<br />

n=0<br />

z n = 1−zm+1<br />

1−z<br />

if z �= 1. For |z|< 1, we obtain (letting m → ∞)<br />

2. For z ∈ C, define<br />

Let z �= 0, and note that<br />

∞�<br />

n=0<br />

z n = 1<br />

1−z .<br />

exp(z) :=<br />

�<br />

�<br />

�<br />

z<br />

�<br />

n+1<br />

��<br />

����<br />

�<br />

�<br />

z<br />

(n+1)! �<br />

n<br />

�<br />

�<br />

�<br />

n! �<br />

∞�<br />

n=0<br />

z n<br />

n! .<br />

= |z|<br />

n+1<br />

→ 0<br />

as n → ∞. As the ratio test holds for series with summands in C as well as for<br />

series over R, we conclude that exp(z) converges absolutely.<br />

Let z,w ∈ C, and note that the Cauchy product formula for series over R also<br />

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