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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2001 ia Paper 1 9D i Solution by
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Let bound all and put . ThenThe geometric series converges, so the comparison test for series proves absolute convergence of . This is the bounded power-series terms force interior absolute convergence principle.
Define the radius of convergence byallowing and . If , the supremum supplies a point of convergence with ; convergence makes its terms bounded, so the argument above gives absolute convergence at . If , convergence is impossible by definition. At , no general conclusion follows. Thus the convergence region has a circular interior centered at zero, with boundary behavior depending on the power series.
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