Solution

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The hyperbolic cosine is entire and . Continuity makes it nonzero in a neighborhood of zero, so its reciprocal is holomorphic there and has a convergent Taylor series. Since and its reciprocal are even, all odd coefficients vanish.
Multiply the proposed expansion by :
Coefficient comparison gives and , hence
The zeros of solve , so they are , . The nearest ones are , and they are simple because is nonzero there. The hyperbolic secant has genuine poles at these points and is holomorphic in the disk of radius . The radius of convergence of its Taylor series is therefore

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