282 CHAPTER 7 • TAYLOR AND LAURENT SERIES
- Corollary 7.6 If f has a pole of order k at the point a, then g (z) = 7h> has a
removable singularity at a. If we define g (a)= 0, then g (z) has a zero of order
k at a. •
- Corollary 7. 7 lf f and g have poles of orders m and n, respectively, at
the point a, then their product h (z) = f (z) g (z) has a pole of order m + n
at a. •
t Corollary 7 .8 Let f and g be analytic with zeros of orders m and n, respec-
tively, at a. Then their quotient h (z) = £f# has the following behavior.
i. If m > n, then h has a removable singularity at a. If we define h (a) = 0,
then h has a zero of order m -n at a.
ii. If m < n, then h has a pole of order n -m at a.
iii. If m = n, then h has a removable singularity at a and can be defined so that
his analytic at a by h (a) = lim h (z). •
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•EXAMPLE 7.12 Locate the zeros and poles of h(z) = "";z and determine
their order.
Solution In Section 5.4 we saw that the zeros of f (z) = sin z occur at the
points mr, where n is an integer. Because f^1 (mr) = cosmr =f 0, the zeros off
are simple. Similarly, the function g(z) = zcosz has simple zeros at the points
0 and (n + ~) 11", where n is an integer. From the information given, we find that
h(z) =~behaves as follows:
i. h has simple zeros at mr, where n = ±1, ±2, ... ;
ii. h has simple poles at ( n + D ?r, where n is an integer; and
iii. h is analytic at 0 if we define h (O) = lim h (z) = 1.
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- EXAMPLE 7. 13 Locate the poles of g (z) = sz•+ 216 z•+s and specify their
order.
Solution The roots of the quadratic equat ion 5z^2 + 26z + 5 = 0 occur at
the points - 5 and - i. If we replace z with z^2 in this equation, the function
f (z) = 5z^4 + 26 z^2 + 5 has simple zeros at the points ±iv's and± Jg. Corollary
7.5 implies t hat g has simple poles at ±iv'5 and ± Js.