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    $\sin z/z$ has no poles

    P-DO7TE

    Area
    Complex Analysis
    Topics
    Removable Singularities, Singularities, Trigonometry
    Status
    draft
    • Show that \(\sin(z)/z\) has no poles.
    Solution

    For \(z\ne0\), the quotient \(\sin z/z\) is holomorphic. At \(z=0\), use the Taylor series \[ \sin z=z-\frac{z^3}{3!}+\frac{z^5}{5!}-\cdots. \] Then \[ \frac{\sin z}{z} =1-\frac{z^2}{3!}+\frac{z^4}{5!}-\cdots, \] which converges near \(0\) and extends the quotient holomorphically there with value \(1\). Hence the apparent singularity at \(0\) is removable, and \(\sin z/z\) has no poles anywhere.