7.5 • APPLICATI ONS OF TAYLOR AND LAURENT SERIES 289
Laurent series for g (z) in the annulus D; (0) is
00
(-1)" 1
g(z) = 1 + 2::- 1 - 2n
n=l n. z
so that 0 is an essential singularity for g. According to Theorem 7.17, Jim lg (z)I
z- o
doesn't exist, so g is not continuous at 0.
-------~EXERCISES FOR SECTION 7.5
1. Determine whether there exists a function f that is analytic at 0 such that for
n = 1, 2, 3, ... ,
(a) f ( 2 ~) = 0 and f ( 2 ,.':_ 1 ) = 1.
(b) f (~) = f (";.1) = ;!or.
(c) /(~) =f(-;..^1 ) = ;!s-.
2. Prove the following corollaries and theorem.
(a) Corollary 7.9.
(b) Corollary 7.10.
(c) Theorem 7.14.
(d) Corollary 7.12.
- Consider the function f (z) = zsin (~).
(a) Show that there is a sequence {z,.} of points converging to 0 such that
f (zn) = 0 for n = 1, 2, 3,. ...
(b) Does this result contradict Corollary 7.9? Why or why not? - Let f (z) = tan z.
(a) Use T heorem 7.14 to find the first few terms of the Maclaurin series
for f (z) if lz l < ~·
(b) What are the values off (^6 ) (0) and f (^7 ) (O)? - Show that the real function f defined by
f (x) = { xsin U) when x # 0, and
0 when x = 0,
is continuous at x = 0 but that the corresponding function g (z) defined by
g (z) = { zsin 0 (~) when when z z = # 0, 0, and
is not continuous at z = 0.