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Analytic continuation of power series whose coefficients belong to an algebraic number field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Stephen Gerig
Stephen Gerig
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The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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An old theorem of Pólya and Carlson [2] states that, if the power series has rational integer coefficients, positive radius of convergence, and can be continued analytically to a region that contains points outside the closed unit disc, then the function that the power series represents is rational. This result has been extended in a number of ways (cf. e.g. Petersson [4]). The present note gives a new extension based on a recent theorem of Güting [3]. My thanks to Professors Henry Helson and Raphael Robinson for introducing me to this subject.

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , December 1969 , pp. 167 - 169
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Copyright © University College London 1969

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