Solution

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The radius of convergence of the power series is
If , choose with . Since , those terms are bounded, say . Therefore
and comparison with a geometric series proves absolute convergence. If , convergence would imply absolute convergence at every smaller modulus by the same argument, contradicting the definition of .
If , convergence of implies absolute convergence of whenever . Letting approach the radius of the -series shows that .

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