Paper 1, Section II, G
(a) State a theorem establishing Laurent series of analytic functions on suitable domains. Give a formula for the Laurent coefficient.
Define the notion of isolated singularity. State the classification of an isolated singularity in terms of Laurent coefficients.
Compute the Laurent series of
on the annuli and . Using this example, comment on the statement that Laurent coefficients are unique. Classify the singularity of at 0 .
(b) Let be an open subset of the complex plane, let and let . Assume that is an analytic function on with as . By considering the Laurent series of at , classify the singularity of at in terms of the Laurent coefficients. [You may assume that a continuous function on that is analytic on is analytic on .]
Now let be an entire function with as . By considering Laurent series at 0 of and of , show that is a polynomial.
(c) Classify, giving reasons, the singularity at the origin of each of the following functions and in each case compute the residue: