Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-algebra-and-analysis-i-for-mathematics-and-philosophy-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2013/analysis/6/c/solution

The complex sine has simple zeros exactly at , , because and . Hence the denominator has a zero of order three at each of these points and nowhere else.
At , the numerator has order two, so the quotient has a simple pole. Indeed its leading term is . At , the numerator has order one, so there is a pole of order two. At , the numerator has order three, cancelling the denominator's order-three zero, so the singularity is removable. Its extension value is
At every remaining , the numerator is nonzero, giving a pole of order three. Thus the complete finite-plane classification is
Away from this discrete set the denominator is nonzero, so the quotient is holomorphic.

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