Exercise · ZW-LAURENT-SERIES-003 · ★☆☆ Basic

On \(0<|z|<1\), how many terms with a negative power does the Laurent series of \(\frac1{z^2(1-z)}\) have?

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  • C. \(2\)

Explanation

With \(\frac1{1-z}=\sum_{k\ge0}z^k\) we get \(z^{-2}+z^{-1}+1+z+\cdots\): only \(z^{-2}\) and \(z^{-1}\) are negative.

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