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The factorial-gap series has the unit circle as a natural boundary

Statement

Let

F(z):=n0zn!.

Then F has radius of convergence 1, and the whole unit circle {z:z=1} is a natural boundary for the resulting function element on the unit disc.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The factorial-gap series F(z)=n0zn!.

[L1]

A natural boundary is a boundary all of whose points are singular (Singular boundary points and natural boundaries of function elements).

[L2]

Pringsheim's theorem makes the positive real boundary point singular for a finite-radius power series with nonnegative coefficients (Pringsheim's theorem for power series with nonnegative coefficients).

[L3]

Cauchy-Hadamard computes the radius of convergence from the coefficients (Cauchy-Hadamard for complex power series, including zero and infinite radius).

[L4]

If mn, then m! divides n! by the factorial definition (The factorial n! and the falling factorial nk, defined by recursion in N).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

The coefficients of F are 1 at the factorial indices and 0 elsewhere. Hence their limsup root is 1, so [L3] gives radius of convergence 1. Since all coefficients are nonnegative, [L2] makes the boundary point 1 singular.

L2L3
1.2

Let ω be a root of unity. Choose m1 with ωm!=1. By [L4], ωn!=1 for every nm, so F(ωz)F(z)=n=0m1(ωn!1)zn!, a polynomial.

L4algebra
2.1

Suppose ω were regular. Then some holomorphic function would extend F across ω, so after composing with zωz the function F(ωz) would extend holomorphically across 1. Step 1.2 shows that F differs from that extension by a polynomial, so F itself would extend holomorphically across 1, contradicting step 1.1. Therefore every root of unity on the unit circle is singular.

step 1.1step 1.2assume-contra
3.1

Roots of unity are dense on the unit circle. If some boundary point ζ were regular, a small extension disc around ζ would make every nearby boundary point regular as well, including some root of unity, contrary to step 2.1. Thus every point of the unit circle is singular, and [L1] makes the unit circle a natural boundary.

L1step 2.1discharge-contradiction

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