Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / ia / Paper 1 / 4D / Solution

The radius of convergence of the power series ${\sum }_{n\ge 0}{a}_n{z}^n$ isIf $|z|<R$, choose $w$ with $|z|<|w|<R$. Since $a_n{w}^n\to 0$, those terms are bounded, say $|a_n{w}^n|\le M$. Thereforeand comparison with a geometric series proves absolute convergence. If $|z|>R$, convergence would imply absolute convergence at every smaller modulus by the same argument, contradicting the definition of $R$.

If $|a_n|\le |b_n|$, convergence of $\sum b_n{w}^n$ implies absolute convergence of $\sum a_n{z}^n$ whenever $|z|<|w|$. Letting $|w|$ approach the radius of the $b$-series shows that $R_a\ge R_b$.