Cauchy–Hadamard theorem

A theorem that determines the radius of convergence of a power series. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In mathematics, the Cauchy–Hadamard theorem is a result in complex analysis named after the French mathematicians Augustin Louis Cauchy and Jacques Hadamard, describing the radius of convergence of a power series. It was published in 1821 by Cauchy,[1] but remained relatively unknown until Hadamard rediscovered it.[2] Hadamard's first publication of this result was in 1888;[3] he also included it as part of his 1892 Ph.D. thesis.[4]

Theorem for one complex variable

Consider the formal power series in one complex variable z of the form where

Then the radius of convergence of f at the point a is given by where lim sup denotes the limit superior, the limit as n approaches infinity of the supremum of the sequence values after the nth position. If the sequence values is unbounded so that the lim sup is ∞, then the power series does not converge near a, while if the lim sup is 0 then the radius of convergence is ∞, meaning that the series converges on the entire plane.

Proof

Without loss of generality assume that . We will show first that the power series converges for , and then that it diverges for .

First suppose . Let not be or For any , there exists only a finite number of such that . Now for all but a finite number of , so the series converges if . This proves the first part.

Conversely, for , for infinitely many , so if , we see that the series cannot converge because its nth term does not tend to 0.[5]

Theorem for several complex variables

Summarize
Perspective

Let be an n-dimensional vector of natural numbers () with , then converges with radius of convergence , if and only if of the multidimensional power series

Proof

From [6]

Set Then

This is a power series in one variable which converges for and diverges for . Therefore, by the Cauchy–Hadamard theorem for one variable

Setting gives us an estimate

Because as

Therefore

Notes

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