Exercise · ZW-ISOLATED-SINGULARITY-009 · ★★★ Advanced

Classify the singularity of \(z\sin\frac1z\) at \(z=0\).

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  • B. Essential

Explanation

\(z\sin\frac1z=\sum_{k\ge0}\frac{(-1)^k}{(2k+1)!}z^{-2k}\) has infinitely many negative powers. Tending to \(0\) along the real axis is not enough: along the imaginary axis, \(z=iy\), \(|f|=y\sinh(1/y)\to\infty\).

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