Graduate Complex analysis -- Essential singularity

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Essential singularities can be illustrated by functions like sine, cosine, and logarithm, which have infinite Taylor series that, when transformed using z=1/z, yield infinite negative parts in their Laurent series. The existence of an essential singularity is characterized by an infinite number of terms with negative exponents in the series expansion. While the Great Picard and Casorati-Weierstraß theorems impose restrictions, they do not limit the identification of examples. It's crucial that the original Taylor series has an infinite radius of convergence for these examples to apply. Resources for further exploration may include advanced textbooks on complex analysis that cover these concepts in detail.
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Can you give me two more examples for essential singularity except f(z)=e^{\frac{1}{z}}? And also a book where I can find those examples?
 
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Have you google "essential singularity + pdf"?
 
Yes and I did not find any other example.
 
An essential singularity exists precisely when an infinite number of terms in
$$
f(z)=\sum_{n=-\infty }^{\infty }a_n(z-z_0)^n
$$
with negative exponents do not disappear. This gives you as many examples as you wish. However, the Great Picard and Casorati-Weierstraß are pretty restrictive.
 
Yes, I know that. But I do not know how to find those examples.
 
LagrangeEuler said:
Yes, I know that. But I do not know how to find those examples.
Every function with an infinite Taylor series results in a series with an infinite negative part of the Laurent series by substituting ##z\mapsto 1/z.## Sine, cosine, logarithm, etc.
 
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fresh_42 said:
Every function with an infinite Taylor series results in a series with an infinite negative part of the Laurent series by substituting ##z\mapsto 1/z.## Sine, cosine, logarithm, etc.
Excellent. We have to add that the original Taylor series must have an infinite radius of convergence as your examples do.
 

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