Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ib Paper 3 13F Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-05
Fix . The Cauchy integral formula and the uniformly convergent geometric series on giveDefiningthe remainder after degree has modulus at most , which tends to zero uniformly on each smaller disk. Differentiating the integral formula at zero identifies , independently of . Since is an entire function, can be chosen larger than any given , proving the global Taylor series.
For the requested radius , the same coefficient integral gives the Cauchy estimateTo characterize equality in the Cauchy coefficient estimate, parametrize its circle:If , the identity theorem gives . Otherwise equality in the modulus bound requires the continuous integrand to have both constant modulus and constant complex argument. To see this directly, rotate its average to the positive real axis: its real part is bounded above by , and equality of its average with forces that real part to equal everywhere. Thus on the circle. The identity theorem extends that equality to the plane. Conversely every such monomial attains the bound. Thereforeincluding the zero function and, when , arbitrary constant functions.