Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ia Paper 1 4D b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
By the Cauchy-Hadamard theorem, putThe squared coefficients have root limsup , so their radius is . Equal finite nonzero radii therefore require , hence . This can happen: for , both and have radius one.
For the coefficients , the relevant root terms areEquality can again occur. For example, takeThen , , andThus both and have radius one. These examples illustrate the radius of convergence after powering coefficients.