Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 2 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2009 / Paper 1 / 7 / c / Solution

Put $w=z-\pi$. The identity ${\cosh }^2(1/w)=[1+\cosh (2/w)]/2$ gives a Laurent series containing a constant and only even negative powers $w^{-2},w^{-4},\dots$. There is no $w^{-1}$ coefficient, soThe singularity is an essential singularity, not a pole: infinitely many negative Laurent coefficients are nonzero. The residue is still defined as the coefficient of $w^{-1}$.