What are the orders of the poles and the residue for sin(1/z)/cos(z)?

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Homework Statement


Hello guys, I need to find the orders of each pole as well as the residue of the function sin(1/z)/cos(z).

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I imagine that this is a simple pole so I will either find the Laurent series and get the coefficient of (z-z_0)^{-1} or use the simpler limiting case.

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So far, I think that there is clearly a pole at n\pi-\frac{\pi}{2} due to the z in the cosine term, although I'm not sure whether it's considered a pole when the value of z causes the term sin(1/z) to go to zero. Any help here and further direction on calculating the residue from there would be awesome. Thank you very much.
 
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What is the name of this chapter ?
 
Theengr7 said:
What is the name of this chapter ?

Calculus of Residues? No particular book.
 
Alright. I have not heard about it before.
 
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