Puiseux series
= Puiseux series
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A Puiseux series permits fractional exponents with a fixed common denominator: $\sum_{n\geq n_0}a_nz^{n/q}$. These are natural local expansions of branches of algebraic functions. A <fractional-power root expansion> uses such powers to resolve roots that coalesce as a parameter tends to zero.