Laurent Series.
The series
is convergent and as
as its sum if both
and
are convergent and if its sum is equal to the sum of the sums of these series.
This series expansion of
is unique and its coefficients are given by:
where
is any simple smooth loop included in
and enclosing the inner boundary circle of
.
Example 8.2.4
Yes, this can happen: sometimes the Laurent expansion contains a finite
numbers of terms (when?).
Example 8.2.5
This series converges for
. The convergence domain in the plane is the open unit disk centered at the
origin; cf Fig 4(a).
Figure 4: Convergence
domains of Laurent series.
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Example 8.2.6
This series is convergent when
, i.e. when
(cf Fig 4(a).
Example 8.2.7
Let
. We wish to expand
as a Laurent series convergent on an annulus.
We decompose
as a sum of partial fractions:
Now, we expand both partial fractions as Laurent series about 0:
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This series is convergent for
.
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This series is convergent for
,i.e.
.
The intersection of the two domains of convergence is empty, so we went in a
wrong direction. Let us try in another way:
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This series is convergent for
, i.e.
.
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This series is convergent for
, i.e.
.
The intersection of these convergence domains is the annulus displayed on
Fig 4(b).
On this annulus, a Laurent series expansion of
is:
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