Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/ib/paper-2/12/12-2a/b/ii/solution

If , let be the first nonzero Taylor term. Then and is real. But changes sign as , and for small the leading term controls the sign. This contradicts positivity in the upper half-plane. Hence .

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