Solution
ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2003/ib/paper-3/13e/b/solution
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2003 ib Paper 3 13E b Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Let , whose power series coefficients are . Suppose some coefficient is nonzero, and let be the least such index. Inside the common convergence disc,The parenthesized analytic function tends to as , so it does not vanish in some neighborhood. Hence has no zeros sufficiently near except possibly itself. This contradicts with and . Thus all coefficients agree:This also proves the local isolation of zeros of a nonzero analytic function.
New to topics? Read the docs here!