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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 2 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2015 Paper 1 8 c Solution by
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For a nonterminating parity series, consecutive nonzero terms satisfyThe ratio test therefore gives for each nonterminating series. The nearest singular coefficient points are , both distance one from the expansion centre.
The polynomial exception is essential here. If is an integer, the series of the same parity as terminates and has ; the opposite-parity independent series remains nonterminating with radius one. For noninteger , both have radius one. A regular singular point can be removable for one particular solution, so its presence does not force every individual solution to have finite convergence radius.
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