Exercise · ZW-LAURENT-SERIES-010 · ★★★ Advanced

Which of these functions does NOT admit a Laurent series on the annulus \(0<|z|<1\)?

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  • B. \(\dfrac1{z-\frac12}\)

Explanation

A Laurent series on an annulus requires \(f\) to be holomorphic on all of it. \(\frac1{z-1/2}\) has a pole at \(z=\frac12\), inside \(0<|z|<1\). The others are holomorphic there.

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The Laurent series of a function \(f\) holomorphic on an annulus \(r<|z-z_0|<R\) is its expansion in integer powers, positive and negative, of \(z-z_0\), with coefficients \(a_n\).

\[f(z)=\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}a_n(z-z_0)^n\]

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