Math 455 Homework Saff&Snider Sec 5.5 _________________________________________________________________________ #7b. The way we did this problem in class is the correct method. The other way you can view this problem is the following, which is equivalent to what we did in class. a. The method we used in class. 1/(e^z - 1) = 1 / z(1 + 1/2 z + 1/6 z^2 + ...) = P(z) / z in view of the fact that 1/(e^z-1) has a simple pole at z=0, and where P(z) is analytic at z=0 and P(0) \neq 0. Hence, it must be the case that P(z) = 1 / (1 + 1/2 z + 1/6 z^2 + ...). Now, if we use long division to divide 1 by the power series in the denomenator, we will obtain the power series representation for P. b. 1/(e^z -1 ) = 1 / z(1 + 1/2 z + 1/6 z^2 + ...) = P(z) / z, where P is as described above. Now, P must have a power series representation like P(z) = a_0 + a_1 z + a_2 z^2 + ... So, we have that 1 / (1 + 1/2 z + 1/6 z^2 + ...) = a_0 + a_1 z + a_2 z^2 + ... Hence, (1 + 1/2 z + 1/6 z^2 + ...)(a_0 + a_1 z + a_2 z^2 + ...) = 1. Finally, multiply out the power series on the left and set it equal to the power series on the right (the constant 1). Then the coefficients a_i's will come out. _____________________________________________________________________________