COMPLEX VARIABLES: HOMEWORK 4

(1) Prove that the following series converge.

X
1
(a)
n2
n=1

(b)

X
n
2n
n=1

(2) Find the radius of convergence of the following power series.

X
X
1 n
n n
z
(b)
(a)
z
n
2
n
n=1
n=1
(3) Let

cn z n be a power series with nonzero radius of convergence. Prove that the power

n=1

series

cn

n=1

z n1
has infinite radius of convergence.
(n 1)!

(4) Find the Taylor series expansion of

gence?

z
near z = 0. What is its radius of converz 2 2z 3

(5) Prove the following equation holds for |z| < 1, and any l = 0, 1, 2, :

X
1
(n + l)! n
=
z
l+1
(1 z)
n!l!
n=0
(6) Let f (z) =

cn z n be a power series with radius of convergence R > 0.

n=0

(a) Prove that for every r, with 0 < r < R we have

Z 2

X



1
f rei 2 d =
|cn |2 r2n
2 0
n=0
(b) Let M (r) be the absolute maximum of the function |f (rei )| for 0 2. Recall
that we have the following inequality (Lecture 8, section (8.7)):
|cn |

M (r)
for every n = 0, 1, 2, and 0 < r < R
rn

Use the previous part to prove that if there is n and r such that |cn | =
f (z) = cn z n .

M (r)
, then
rn