From 2aa307848db7204eeea49097df413883b4116e27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Chen Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:03:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] fix(meromorphic): clarify Laurent is a requirement Closes #324. --- tex/complex-ana/meromorphic.tex | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/tex/complex-ana/meromorphic.tex b/tex/complex-ana/meromorphic.tex index 8a11e12e..6528deee 100644 --- a/tex/complex-ana/meromorphic.tex +++ b/tex/complex-ana/meromorphic.tex @@ -66,13 +66,11 @@ \section{Meromorphic functions} \begin{definition} Let $f \colon U \to \CC$ as usual. - A \vocab{meromorphic} function is a - function which is holomorphic on $U$ + A \vocab{meromorphic} function is a function which is holomorphic on $U$ except at an isolated set $S$ of points (meaning it is holomorphic as a function $U \setminus S \to \CC$). For each $p \in S$, called a \vocab{pole} of $f$, - the function $f$ must admit a \vocab{Laurent series}, - meaning that + the function $f$ is further required to admit a \vocab{Laurent series}, meaning that \[ f(z) = \frac{c_{-m}}{(z-p)^m} @@ -80,9 +78,8 @@ \section{Meromorphic functions} + \dots + \frac{c_{-1}}{z-p} + c_0 + c_1 (z-p) + \dots \] - for all $z$ in some open neighborhood of $p$, - other than $z = p$. - Here $m$ is a positive integer (and $c_{-m} \neq 0$). + for all $z$ in some open neighborhood of $p$, other than $z = p$. + Here $m$ is a positive integer, and $c_{-m} \neq 0$. \end{definition} Note that the trailing end \emph{must} terminate. By ``isolated set'', I mean that we can draw