Solution

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For , the denominator zeroes are . Its derivative is , nonzero at each such point. Thus
These poles accumulate at zero. Consequently zero is a non-isolated singularity, as described by reciprocal cosine with accumulating poles. It is not an isolated essential singularity: no punctured disc about zero is a domain of holomorphy for this reciprocal function. Although itself has an essential singularity at zero, taking its reciprocal introduces this accumulation of poles.

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