# Math Help - Show that f is a non-constant polynomial iff...

1. ## Show that f is a non-constant polynomial iff...

If f is an entire function how does one show that f is a non-constant polynomial iff. lim z-> infinity |f(z)| = infinity?
the questions suggests that I look at how the MacLaurin series for f and the Laurent series for g(z) =f(1/z) are related and what kind of singularity g has at 0 but i'm not quite sure where to go with that...

2. There is a theorem [Liouville's theorem...] that states that every bounded entire function is a constant. A function f(*) is said to be 'bounded' if exists a positive number M such that for all z in C is |f(z)| < M...

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3. Originally Posted by morganfor
If f is an entire function how does one show that f is a non-constant polynomial iff. lim z-> infinity |f(z)| = infinity?
the questions suggests that I look at how the MacLaurin series for f and the Laurent series for g(z) =f(1/z) are related and what kind of singularity g has at 0 but i'm not quite sure where to go with that...

The limit of f as z->infinity is infinity, so 0 is a pole for g. As a pole it has finite order, say m. Then all coefficients of orders greater than m in the Laurent expansion must be zero. So f is a polynomial of order m.