Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 1 12F c iii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
At every , the function has a simple pole. The exponential of a pole is an essential singularity, soare essential singularities of .
These points accumulate at . Therefore no punctured neighbourhood of zero is a domain of holomorphy for the function: zero is a non-isolated singularity, specifically an accumulation point of essential singularities, rather than an isolated essential singularity. There are no other singularities in .
At every , the inner function has a simple pole, with for analytic . ThusThe first factor is analytic and nonzero, while the second has infinitely many negative powers in its Laurent series. Therefore, by the exponential of a pole is an essential singularity result,At all other finite points the composition is analytic, so there are no additional finite singularities.