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    Radii of convergence of the principal $\sqrt z$ about $4+3i$ and $-4+3i$

    E-FS7GZ

    Area
    Complex Analysis
    Topics
    Complex Logarithm, Convergence Tests, Power Series
    Status
    draft

    Find the radius of convergence of the Taylor series of the principal branch of \(\sqrt z\) about \(z_0=4+3i\). Repeat with \(z_1=-4+3i\).

    Solution

    For a center \(c\neq0\), the disk \(\abs{z-c}<\abs c\) does not contain \(0\), so it carries a holomorphic branch of \(\sqrt z\) agreeing with the principal branch near \(c\); the Taylor series of the principal branch at \(c\) converges on this disk. It converges on no larger disk: the binomial expansion \[ \sqrt z=\sqrt c\sum_{n\ge0}\binom{1/2}{n}\qty{z-c\over c}^n \] has radius of convergence exactly \(\abs c\), since \(\binom{1/2}{n}\) has ratio \(\abs{1/2-n}/(n+1)\to1\).

    For \(z_0=4+3i\), \[ R_0=|4+3i|=\boxed{5}. \]

    For \(z_1=-4+3i\), \[ R_1=|-4+3i|=\boxed{5}. \] The branch cut \(\RR_{\le0}\) meets this disk: the sum of the series equals the principal branch only on the part of the disk above the cut, including the disk \(\abs{z-z_1}<3\), and equals its analytic continuation across the cut below it.