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Uniform convergence

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:46 pm
by Papapetros Vaggelis
Examine if there exists a sequence \(\displaystyle{\left(p_n(z)\right)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}}\) of

complex polynomials such that \(\displaystyle{p_n(z)\to \dfrac{1}{z}}\) uniformly to

\(\displaystyle{C_{r}=\left\{z\in\mathbb{C}: |z|=r\right\}}\) (\(\displaystyle{r>0}\)).

Re: Uniform convergence

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:05 pm
by Riemann
Suppose that this is not the case. If such sequence existed then the convergence at the compact set $\left| z \right| = r$ would be uniform. However,

$$2 \pi i = \oint \limits_{\mathcal{C}_r} \frac{{\rm d}z}{z} = \oint \limits_{\mathcal{C}_r} \lim_{n \rightarrow +\infty} p_n (z) \, {\rm d}z = \lim_{n \rightarrow +\infty} \oint \limits_{\mathcal{C}_r} p_n (z) \, {\rm d}z = \lim_{n \rightarrow +\infty} 0 = 0 $$

since the polynomials have no poles inside the circle thus the contour integral is zero. The last relation is an obscurity of course. Thus, no complex polynomials exist. This completes our arguement.