Evaluating the Complex Limit: Proving Existence and Value

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[SOLVED] complex limit

Homework Statement


Evaluate the complex limit if it exists:

[tex]\lim_{z \to 1} \frac{\log{z}}{z-1}[/tex]

where log denotes the principal branch of the logarithm.

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I am pretty sure it exists and equals 1, because that is what it equals when I approach with specific sequences. But how can I prove that?
 
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[tex]\lim_{z \to 1} \frac{\log{z}}{z-1} = \lim_{z\to 0} \frac{\log (1+z)}{z}[/tex].

Are you allowed to use the property that the series for that log term converges to that log term iff |z| < 1?