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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 ii Paper 1 14B iii Solution by
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Because is not an integer, the coefficient is nonzero. The expression of in terms of the entire function can therefore have poles only at integral , and at most simple ones. Positive integers are removable: is already analytic there for , and analytic continuation in givesThus vanishes at those integers, cancelling the denominator zero. The Gamma function formula identifies the remaining singularities:For nonintegral , these residues are nonzero, so every listed singularity is a genuine simple pole.
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