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The factorial-gap series has the unit circle as a natural boundary
Statement
Let
Then has radius of convergence , and the whole unit circle is a natural boundary for the resulting function element on the unit disc.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The factorial-gap series .
A natural boundary is a boundary all of whose points are singular (Singular boundary points and natural boundaries of function elements).
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).
Cauchy-Hadamard computes the radius of convergence from the coefficients (Cauchy-Hadamard for complex power series, including zero and infinite radius).
If , then divides by the factorial definition (The factorial and the falling factorial , defined by recursion in ).
Proof
The coefficients of are at the factorial indices and elsewhere. Hence their limsup root is , so [L3] gives radius of convergence . Since all coefficients are nonnegative, [L2] makes the boundary point singular.
Let be a root of unity. Choose with . By [L4], for every , so a polynomial.
Suppose were regular. Then some holomorphic function would extend across , so after composing with the function would extend holomorphically across . Step 1.2 shows that differs from that extension by a polynomial, so itself would extend holomorphically across , contradicting step 1.1. Therefore every root of unity on the unit circle is singular.
Roots of unity are dense on the unit circle. If some boundary point were regular, a small extension disc around 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.
Depends on
- Singular boundary points and natural boundaries of function elements
- Pringsheim's theorem for power series with nonnegative coefficients
- Cauchy-Hadamard for complex power series, including zero and infinite radius
- The factorial $n!$ and the falling factorial $n^{\underline{k}}$, defined by recursion in $\mathbb{N}$
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Sources
- Henry Wilton, Riemann Surfaces lecture notes, Example 2.7 (standard reference, not scraped)
- Curtis T. McMullen, Riemann Surfaces, Ch. 4 Example 1 (standard reference, not scraped)