3.II.14E

Complex Analysis | Part IB, 2008

State and prove Rouché's theorem, and use it to count the number of zeros of 3z9+8z6+z5+2z3+13 z^{9}+8 z^{6}+z^{5}+2 z^{3}+1 inside the annulus {z:1<z<2}\{z: 1<|z|<2\}.

Let (pn)n=1\left(p_{n}\right)_{n=1}^{\infty} be a sequence of polynomials of degree at most dd with the property that pn(z)p_{n}(z) converges uniformly on compact subsets of C\mathbb{C} as nn \rightarrow \infty. Prove that there is a polynomial pp of degree at most dd such that pnpp_{n} \rightarrow p uniformly on compact subsets of C\mathbb{C}. [If you use any results about uniform convergence of analytic functions, you should prove them.]

Suppose that pp has dd distinct roots z1,,zdz_{1}, \ldots, z_{d}. Using Rouché's theorem, or otherwise, show that for each ii there is a sequence (zi,n)n=1\left(z_{i, n}\right)_{n=1}^{\infty} such that pn(zi,n)=0p_{n}\left(z_{i, n}\right)=0 and zi,nziz_{i, n} \rightarrow z_{i} as nn \rightarrow \infty.

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