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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2013 ib Paper 4 4E Solution by
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Rouché's theorem states that if are holomorphic functions on a neighbourhood of a simple closed contour and its interior, and on the contour, then and have the same number of zeros inside, counted with multiplicity.
On , use : the other terms have absolute value at most . Hence there are two zeros inside the unit circle. On , use : its modulus is , whereas the other terms have total modulus at most . Hence there are seven zeros inside the larger circle. The strict inequalities also exclude zeros on either boundary. There are roots in the annulus, counted with multiplicity.
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