Past exam of the algebra, analysis and differential equations 1 course of the University of Oxford / 2008 / 5

The hyperbolic cosine is entire and $\cosh 0=1$. Continuity makes it nonzero in a neighborhood of zero, so its reciprocal is holomorphic there and has a convergent Taylor series. Since $\cosh$ and its reciprocal are even, all odd coefficients vanish.

Multiply the proposed expansion by $\cosh z$:Coefficient comparison gives $c_2+1/2=0$ and $c_4+c_2/2+1/24=0$, henceThe zeros of $\cosh z$ solve $e^{2z}=-1$, so they are $z=i(\pi /2+k\pi )$, $k\in \mathbb{Z}$. The nearest ones are $\pm i\pi /2$, and they are simple because $\sinh$ is nonzero there. The hyperbolic secant has genuine poles at these points and is holomorphic in the disk of radius $\pi /2$. The radius of convergence of its Taylor series is therefore