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Radius of convergence. In mathematics, the radius of convergence of a power series is the radius of the largest disk at the center of the series in which the series converges. It is either a non-negative real number or . When it is positive, the power series converges absolutely and uniformly on compact sets inside the open disk of radius equal ...
hide. In mathematics, the Cauchy–Hadamard theorem is a result in complex analysis named after the French mathematicians Augustin Louis Cauchy and Jacques Hadamard, describing the radius of convergence of a power series. It was published in 1821 by Cauchy, [ 1 ] but remained relatively unknown until Hadamard rediscovered it. [ 2 ]
Note that sometimes a series like this is called a power series "around p", because the radius of convergence is the radius R of the largest interval or disc centred at p such that the series will converge for all points z strictly in the interior (convergence on the boundary of the interval or disc generally has to be checked separately).
This convergence result is widely applied to prove the convergence of other series as well, whenever those series's terms can be bounded from above by a suitable geometric series; that proof strategy is the basis for the ratio test and root test for the convergence of infinite series. [4] [5]
A hypergeometric series is formally defined as a power series. in which the ratio of successive coefficients is a rational function of n. That is, where A (n) and B (n) are polynomials in n. For example, in the case of the series for the exponential function, we have: So this satisfies the definition with A(n) = 1 and B(n) = n + 1.
e. In mathematics, the ratio test is a test (or "criterion") for the convergence of a series. where each term is a real or complex number and an is nonzero when n is large. The test was first published by Jean le Rond d'Alembert and is sometimes known as d'Alembert's ratio test or as the Cauchy ratio test.
In mathematics, Cauchy's integral formula, named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy, is a central statement in complex analysis. It expresses the fact that a holomorphic function defined on a disk is completely determined by its values on the boundary of the disk, and it provides integral formulas for all derivatives of a holomorphic function.
The utility of Abel's theorem is that it allows us to find the limit of a power series as its argument (that is, ) approaches from below, even in cases where the radius of convergence, of the power series is equal to and we cannot be sure whether the limit should be finite or not. See for example, the binomial series.