Can an Analytic Function Have Zeroes Approaching the Boundary of Convergence?

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Suppose I have an analytic function, f, with radius of convergence 1. From http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/ZerosOfAnalyticFunctionsAreIsolated.html" it follows that any 0 of f in \{ z : |z| < 1 \} is isolated. But is it possible that the zeroes have a limit point on the boundary of convergence? For example, is possible that an analytic function with radius of convergence 1 has zeros exactly at 1-\frac{1}{n} for all n \in Z^{+}?
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acarchau said:
Suppose I have an analytic function, f, with radius of convergence 1. From http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/ZerosOfAnalyticFunctionsAreIsolated.html" it follows that any 0 of f in \{ z : |z| < 1 \} is isolated. But is it possible that the zeroes have a limit point on the boundary of convergence. For example, is possible that an analytic function with radius of convergence 1 has zeros exactly at 1-\frac{1}{n} for all n \in Z^{+}.

Take a look at the Mittag-Leffler Theorem which may be over kill. I do not really understand these issues and would be willing to go through the proofs with you.
 
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(It's hard to read that without question marks)


Can you write down an analytic function with infinitely many zeroes?

Can you apply a change of variable to move those zeroes to the unit circle?
 
Let me try, \frac{1}{\Gamma(z)} is entire and has zeroes at -1,-2, \dots, so \frac{1}{\Gamma(\frac{-1}{1-z})} would have 0's at 1-\frac{1}{n} and since the pole closest to 0 is at 1, the radius of convergence is 1.

Does that look right?

[Added later]
f(\frac{1}{1-z}) where f is an entire function with zeroes exactly at the positive integers will do in general.
 
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