For each nonzero period lattice point , the binomial series givesPairing with cancels every odd power. Hence the Laurent series of the Weierstrass elliptic function iswhich is the stated coefficient formula.
SetThis is an elliptic function. Write and in the expansion from part (i). At a lattice point, the coefficient of in is , and its constant coefficient is ; there are no other singular terms. Every apparent pole is therefore a removable singularity, and extends to an entire elliptic function with value zero at the lattice points.
An entire elliptic function is bounded on a fundamental parallelogram and hence everywhere. By Liouville theorem it is constant, and its value at zero is zero. Thus , proving the Weierstrass elliptic differential equation
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