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Math 411: Honours Complex Variables - University of Alberta

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Figure 3.2: Surface plot <strong>of</strong> cos(z) in the complex plane, using an RGB color wheel to<br />

represent the phase. Red indicates real positive values.<br />

Pro<strong>of</strong>. The uniqueness <strong>of</strong> R follows from the first and the last property.<br />

Let R ∈ [0,∞] be defined by the Cauchy–Hadamard formula (we set 1<br />

= ∞ and 0<br />

1 = 0). ∞<br />

Let r ∈ [0,R), and choose r ′ ∈ (r,R). It follows that<br />

�<br />

n<br />

limsup |an| =<br />

n→∞<br />

1 1<br />

<<br />

R r ′,<br />

so that there exists n0 ∈ N such that n� |an| < 1<br />

r ′ whenever n ≥ n0, i.e.<br />

�<br />

1<br />

|an|<<br />

r ′<br />

�n for all n ≥ n0. For n ≥ n0 and z ∈ Br[z0], we then have<br />

|an(z −z0) n �<br />

r<br />

|≤<br />

r ′<br />

�n .<br />

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