Wednesday, June 8, 2016

complex analysis - Calculating a certain Laurent series (two parts)



I'm trying to solve the following problem:



Let tR be fixed and let



e[t(z1/z)2]=nZJn(t)zn be the Laurent expansion in C*. Show that




(a) Jn(t)=1ππ0cos(tsin(θ)nθ)dθ.



(b) Jn(t)=(1)nJn(t).



I've done a few basic calculations so far but haven't really gotten anywhere. For part (a), using the theorem about the representation of holomorphic functions as Laurent series, I know that Jn(t)=12πiγ(et(z1z)2)zn+1dz, where γ(s)=e2πis for any s[0,1]. But I'm not quite sure of where to start in order to put this in the desired form stated in (a).



Any help would be appreciated!


Answer



For a), consider the path γ(t)=ei2πt for 0t1. This is a unit disk, it doesn't get much better than this. If we express the function as a Laurent series centered at 0 as nZcnzn, we know that the coefficients cn is given by 12πiγf(z)zn+1. It is routine to verify that this integral cannot have an imaginary part by using the power series representation of the exponential function. That is, it is an honest to goodness real-valued number. The result then follows from the definition of the integral. Then Bob's your uncle!




For b), consider the power series representation of Jn.


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