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The annulus shows Runge approximation needs a pole in each bounded complementary component

Statement refuted

A single pole placed only in the unbounded complementary component always suffices for Runge approximation on a compact annulus.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The compact annulus K={z:1≤∣z∣≤2} and the function 1/z on a neighbourhood of K.

[L1]

A rational function with all poles outside the unit disc is holomorphic on ∣z∣<1, so its integral around ∣z∣=1 is 0 (The line integral of a continuous function admitting a primitive is that primitive's endpoint increment along every rectifiable path).

Counterexample

technique · direct
1.1givenL1

Let r be any rational function whose poles all lie in the unbounded complementary component of K. Then r is holomorphic on the closed unit disc, so [L1] gives ∫∣z∣=1r(z) dz=0.

2.1step 1.1algebra∎

But ∫∣z∣=1dz/z=2πi. Therefore no such rational function can approximate 1/z uniformly on K, because the contour integral on the inner circle would preserve the limit. So the inner complementary component also needs a pole representative.

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