Properties and Manipulation of Power Series or Formal Series

The question asks to prove identities, algebraic properties, or perform operations (Cauchy product, composition, inversion) on power series or formal power series, or to state related theorems.

grandes-ecoles 2012 QII.D.1 View
Let $\left( a _ { n } \right) _ { n \geqslant 0 }$ be a real sequence with $\sum a_n x^n$ having radius of convergence 1, with sum $f(x) = \sum_{n=0}^{+\infty} a_n x^n$ satisfying $f(x) \sim \frac{1}{1-x}$ as $x \to 1^-$, and with $a_n \geqslant 0$ for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$. We denote $A _ { n } = \sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { n } a _ { k }$, $\widetilde { a } _ { n } = \frac { A _ { n } } { n + 1 }$, and $\mu > 0$ is an upper bound of the sequence $\left( \widetilde { a } _ { n } \right) _ { n \geqslant 0 }$: $\forall n \in \mathbb { N } , \widetilde { a } _ { n } \leqslant \mu$.
a) For all $x \in ] - 1,1 [$, show that $( 1 - x ) \sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { + \infty } A _ { k } x ^ { k } = f ( x )$. b) Deduce that for all $x \in \left[ 0,1 \left[ \right. \right.$ and all $N \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * }$ $$\frac { f ( x ) } { 1 - x } \leqslant A _ { N - 1 } \frac { 1 - x ^ { N } } { 1 - x } + \mu \sum _ { k = N } ^ { + \infty } ( k + 1 ) x ^ { k }$$ c) Deduce that for all $x \in \left[ 0,1 \left[ \right. \right.$ and all $N \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * }$ $$f ( x ) \leqslant A _ { N - 1 } + \mu \left( ( N + 1 ) x ^ { N } + \frac { x ^ { N + 1 } } { 1 - x } \right) .$$
grandes-ecoles 2012 QII.E.2 View
Let $\left( a _ { n } \right) _ { n \geqslant 0 }$ be a real sequence with $\sum a_n x^n$ having radius of convergence 1, with sum $f(x) = \sum_{n=0}^{+\infty} a_n x^n$ satisfying $f(x) \sim \frac{1}{1-x}$ as $x \to 1^-$, and with $a_n \geqslant 0$ for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$.
Let $P$ be a polynomial with real coefficients. Show that $$( 1 - x ) \sum _ { n = 0 } ^ { + \infty } a _ { n } x ^ { n } P \left( x ^ { n } \right) \underset { \substack { x \rightarrow 1 \\ x < 1 } } { \longrightarrow } \int _ { 0 } ^ { 1 } P ( t ) \mathrm { d } t$$ We will first consider the special case $P ( x ) = x ^ { k }$, where $k \in \mathbb { N }$.
grandes-ecoles 2013 QII.A.2 View
Let $\theta \in \mathbb { R }$. Let $g$ be the function from $] - 1,1 [$ to $\mathbb { C }$ defined by $$g ( x ) = \sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { + \infty } \frac { \mathrm { e } ^ { \mathrm { i } n \theta } } { n } x ^ { n }$$
a) Show that $g$ is of class $C ^ { 1 }$ on $] - 1,1 [$ and that, for all $x \in ] - 1,1 [$, $$g ^ { \prime } ( x ) = \frac { \mathrm { e } ^ { \mathrm { i } \theta } - x } { x ^ { 2 } - 2 x \cos \theta + 1 }$$
b) Show that, if $x \in ] - 1,1 [$, $$h ( x ) = - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \ln \left( x ^ { 2 } - 2 x \cos \theta + 1 \right) + \mathrm { i } \arctan \left( \frac { x \sin \theta } { 1 - x \cos \theta } \right)$$ is well defined and that $h ( x ) = g ( x )$.
grandes-ecoles 2014 QIIC View
We are given a power series with complex coefficients $\sum_{n \geqslant 0} a_n z^n$ with radius of convergence $R$ strictly positive, possibly equal to $+\infty$, and $\varphi(A) = \sum_{n=0}^{+\infty} a_n A^n$ defined on $\mathcal{B} = \{A \in \mathcal{M}_d(\mathbb{R}), \|A\| < R\}$.
Find a necessary and sufficient condition on the power series $\sum_{n \geqslant 0} a_n z^n$ for there to exist $P \in \mathbb{R}[X]$ such that $$\forall A \in \mathcal{M}_d(\mathbb{R}), \quad \varphi(A) = P(A)$$
grandes-ecoles 2014 QIIIA1 View
State the theorem allowing the product of two series of complex numbers. (We admit in the rest of Part III that the result valid for series of complex numbers still holds for series of matrices in $\mathcal{M}_d(\mathbb{C})$.)
grandes-ecoles 2015 QII.D.3 View
For $(x,y) \in D(0,1)$ fixed, we define the complex number $z = x + iy$ and we set for $t$ real: $$\mathrm{N}(x,y,t) = \frac{1 - |z|^2}{|z - e^{it}|^2} = \frac{1 - (x^2 + y^2)}{(x - \cos t)^2 + (y - \sin t)^2}$$
Let $t \in [0, 2\pi]$ be fixed. Determine two complex numbers $\alpha$ and $\beta$, independent of $t$ and $z$, such that $$\mathrm{N}(x,y,t) = -1 + \frac{\alpha}{1 - ze^{-it}} + \frac{\beta}{1 - \bar{z}e^{it}}$$
grandes-ecoles 2015 QV.C.2 View
We assume $m>1$. We study the Galton-Watson process starting with $k$ individuals in generation 0. We define $u_n$, $u_n^{(r)}$, $U(s)=\sum_{n=1}^{+\infty}u_n s^n$ and $U_r(s)=\sum_{n=1}^{+\infty}u_n^{(r)}s^n$ for $s\in[-1,1]$.
Deduce that, for every strictly positive integer $r$, $U_r=U^r$ ($U^r$ denotes $U\times U\times\cdots\times U$ $r$ times).
grandes-ecoles 2015 QIV.C.1 View
We define $\varphi$ the function defined on $] - 1 , + \infty [$ by $\varphi ( x ) = ( \psi ( 1 + x ) - \psi ( 1 ) ) ^ { 2 } + \left( \psi ^ { \prime } ( 1 ) - \psi ^ { \prime } ( 1 + x ) \right)$.
Show that $\varphi$ is $\mathcal { C } ^ { \infty }$ on its domain of definition and give for every natural integer $n \geqslant 2$ the value of $\varphi ^ { ( n ) } ( 0 )$ as a function of the successive derivatives of $\psi$ at the point 1.
grandes-ecoles 2015 Q15a View
We are given $f : \mathbb { R } ^ { 2 } \rightarrow \mathbb { C }$ and $g : \mathbb { R } ^ { 2 } \rightarrow \mathbb { R } ^ { 2 }$ two functions continuous and 1-periodic in each of their arguments, and $\omega \in \mathbb { R } ^ { 2 }$. We assume $x \neq 0$ (but close to 0). We consider a new unknown function $\tilde { \alpha } : \mathbb { R } \rightarrow \mathbb { R } ^ { 2 }$, of the form $$\tilde { \alpha } ( t ) = \alpha ( t ) + x h ( \alpha ( t ) ) ,$$ where $h : \mathbb { R } ^ { 2 } \rightarrow \mathbb { R } ^ { 2 }$ is an auxiliary function, 1-periodic in each of its arguments, of class $\mathscr { C } ^ { 1 }$ and of zero average, and which moreover, for some $\nu \in \mathbb { R } ^ { 2 }$, satisfies the equation $$\forall \theta \in \mathbb { R } ^ { 2 } , \quad d h ( \theta ) \cdot \omega + g ( \theta ) = \nu . \tag{4}$$
Determine $\nu$ as a function of $g$. In the case where the two components $g _ { 1 }$ and $g _ { 2 }$ of $g$ are trigonometric polynomials, deduce the existence of a solution $h$ of equation (4), which you will make explicit.
grandes-ecoles 2017 QIIE View
We set for every integer $n \geqslant 0$, $$B _ { n } = \sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { n } S ( n , k )$$ where $S(n,k)$ denotes the number of partitions of $\llbracket 1, n \rrbracket$ into $k$ parts. Let $R$ be the radius of convergence of the power series $\sum _ { n \geqslant 0 } \frac { B _ { n } } { n ! } z ^ { n }$, and for $x \in ] - R , R [$, set $f ( x ) = \sum _ { n = 0 } ^ { + \infty } \frac { B _ { n } } { n ! } x ^ { n }$.
Show that for all $x \in ] - R , R [ , f ^ { \prime } ( x ) = \mathrm { e } ^ { x } f ( x )$.
grandes-ecoles 2017 QIIIA View
We define the sequence of polynomials $\left( H _ { k } \right) _ { k \in \mathbb { N } }$ in $\mathbb { R } [ X ]$ by $H _ { 0 } ( X ) = 1$ and, for all $k \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * }$, $$H _ { k } ( X ) = X ( X - 1 ) \cdots ( X - k + 1 )$$
Show that the family $( H _ { 0 } , \ldots , H _ { n } )$ is a basis of the space $\mathbb { R } _ { n } [ X ]$.
grandes-ecoles 2017 QIIID View
We define the sequence of polynomials $\left( H _ { k } \right) _ { k \in \mathbb { N } }$ in $\mathbb { R } [ X ]$ by $H _ { 0 } ( X ) = 1$ and, for all $k \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * }$, $$H _ { k } ( X ) = X ( X - 1 ) \cdots ( X - k + 1 )$$ It has been established that for all $k \in \mathbb { N }$ and $x \in ] - 1,1 [$, $$\frac { \left( \mathrm { e } ^ { x } - 1 \right) ^ { k } } { k ! } = \sum _ { n = k } ^ { + \infty } S ( n , k ) \frac { x ^ { n } } { n ! }$$
III.D.1) For $x \in ] - 1,1 [$ and $\alpha \in \mathbb { R }$, simplify $\sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { + \infty } H _ { k } ( \alpha ) \frac { x ^ { k } } { k ! }$.
III.D.2) Show that for $u < \ln 2$ $$\mathrm { e } ^ { u \alpha } = \sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { + \infty } H _ { k } ( \alpha ) \frac { \left( \mathrm { e } ^ { u } - 1 \right) ^ { k } } { k ! }$$
grandes-ecoles 2017 QVD View
We fix $n \in \mathbb { N }$. We define the linear map: $$\begin{aligned} \Delta : \mathbb { R } [ X ] & \rightarrow \mathbb { R } [ X ] \\ P ( X ) & \mapsto P ( X + 1 ) - P ( X ) \end{aligned}$$ We denote $F = \left\{ P \in \mathbb { R } _ { n } [ X ] \mid P ( 0 ) = 0 \right\}$, then $G = \operatorname { Vect } \left( X ^ { 2 k + 1 } ; 0 \leqslant k \leqslant n - 1 \right)$.
Let $Q ( X )$ be the polynomial such that $\forall p \in \mathbb { N } , Q ( p ) = \sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { p } k$.
V.D.1) Recall the explicit expression of the polynomial $Q ( X )$.
V.D.2) Show that the map: $$\begin{aligned} \Phi : F & \rightarrow G \\ P ( X ) & \mapsto \Delta ( P ( Q ( X - 1 ) ) ) \end{aligned}$$ is an isomorphism.
V.D.3) Deduce that for all $r \in \mathbb { N }$, there exists a unique polynomial $P _ { r } ( X )$ such that $$\forall p \in \mathbb { N } , \quad \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { p } k ^ { 2 r + 1 } = P _ { r } \left( \frac { p ( p + 1 ) } { 2 } \right)$$
grandes-ecoles 2017 QVE View
We fix $n \in \mathbb { N }$. For all $r \in \mathbb { N }$, there exists a unique polynomial $P _ { r } ( X )$ such that $$\forall p \in \mathbb { N } , \quad \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { p } k ^ { 2 r + 1 } = P _ { r } \left( \frac { p ( p + 1 ) } { 2 } \right)$$
V.E.1) Determine the leading term in $P _ { r } ( X )$.
V.E.2) Show that for $r \geqslant 1$, $X ^ { 2 }$ divides $P _ { r } ( X )$.
V.E.3) Explicitly give the polynomials $P _ { 1 } ( X )$ and $P _ { 2 } ( X )$.
grandes-ecoles 2018 Q22 View
We assume $c(x) = 0$ for all $x \in [0,1]$. Let $u$ be the solution of problem (1) and $u_0, \ldots, u_n$ solutions of system (2) with $c = 0$. Define: $$\hat { B } _ { n + 1 } u ( X ) = \sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { n } u _ { k } \binom { n + 1 } { k } X ^ { k } ( 1 - X ) ^ { n + 1 - k }$$
Show that for all $n \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * }$ and all $x \in ]0,1[$ we have:
$$\left( \hat { B } _ { n + 1 } u \right) ^ { \prime \prime } ( x ) = - \frac { n } { n + 1 } \sum _ { \ell = 0 } ^ { n - 1 } f \left( \frac { \ell + 1 } { n + 1 } \right) \binom { n - 1 } { \ell } x ^ { \ell } ( 1 - x ) ^ { n - 1 - \ell }$$
grandes-ecoles 2018 Q21 View
We consider the Hilbert polynomials $$\left\{ \begin{array} { l } H _ { 0 } ( X ) = 1 \\ H _ { n } ( X ) = \frac { 1 } { n ! } \prod _ { k = 0 } ^ { n - 1 } ( X - k ) = \frac { X ( X - 1 ) \cdots ( X - n + 1 ) } { n ! } \quad \text { for all } n \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * } \end{array} \right.$$
Deduce $$\forall x \in ] - 1,1 \left[ , \quad \varphi ( x ) = 1 + \sum _ { i = 0 } ^ { + \infty } \left( \sum _ { j = 0 } ^ { + \infty } a _ { i , j } ( x ) \right) \right.$$ where we have set $$\forall ( i , j ) \in \mathbb { N } ^ { 2 } , \quad a _ { i , j } ( x ) = \frac { ( - 1 ) ^ { i + 1 } } { ( i + 1 ) ! } H _ { j } \left( \frac { i - 1 } { 2 } + j \right) x ^ { i + j + 1 }$$
grandes-ecoles 2018 Q23 View
We consider the Hilbert polynomials $$\left\{ \begin{array} { l } H _ { 0 } ( X ) = 1 \\ H _ { n } ( X ) = \frac { 1 } { n ! } \prod _ { k = 0 } ^ { n - 1 } ( X - k ) = \frac { X ( X - 1 ) \cdots ( X - n + 1 ) } { n ! } \quad \text { for all } n \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * } \end{array} \right.$$
Use the results admitted in the preamble to establish the equality $$\forall x \in ] - 1,1 \left[ , \quad \varphi ( x ) = \sum _ { n = 0 } ^ { + \infty } a _ { n } x ^ { n } \right.$$ where $$\left\{ \begin{array} { l } a _ { 0 } = 1 \\ a _ { n } = \sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { n - 1 } \frac { ( - 1 ) ^ { n - k } } { ( n - k ) ! } H _ { k } \left( \frac { n + k } { 2 } - 1 \right) \quad \text { for all } n \in \mathbb { N } ^ { * } \end{array} \right.$$
grandes-ecoles 2019 Q3 View
Recall the definition of the Cauchy product of two power series and state the theorem relating to it.
grandes-ecoles 2019 Q17 View
We consider a general balanced urn with parameters $a_{0}, b_{0}, a, b, c, d \in \mathbb{N}$ satisfying $a + b = c + d = s$. For all real $u$ and $v$, we set $P_{0}(u,v) = u^{a_{0}} v^{b_{0}}$ and $P_{n}(u,v) = \sum_{\omega \in \Omega_{n}} u^{b(\omega)} v^{n(\omega)}$.
Prove that, for all integers $n$, $$P_{n+1}(u,v) = u^{a+1} v^{b} \frac{\partial P_{n}}{\partial u}(u,v) + u^{c} v^{d+1} \frac{\partial P_{n}}{\partial v}(u,v)$$
grandes-ecoles 2019 Q25 View
In the general model of a Pólya urn ($b = c = 0$, $a = d$), the function $G$ is defined on $U$ by $$G(x,u,v) = u^{a_{0}} v^{b_{0}} (1 - axu^{a})^{-a_{0}/a} (1 - axv^{a})^{-b_{0}/a}$$ and admits the expansion $G(x,u,v) = \sum_{n=0}^{+\infty} Q_{n}(u,v) \frac{x^{n}}{n!}$ on $D_{\rho}$. The function $H(x,u,v) = \sum_{n=0}^{+\infty} P_{n}(u,v) \frac{x^{n}}{n!}$ was defined in part III.
Deduce that, for all integers $n$, $P_{n} = Q_{n}$, and then that $H$ and $G$ coincide on $D_{\rho}$.
grandes-ecoles 2020 Q19 View
Let $f$ and $g$ be two arithmetic functions with finite abscissas of convergence. Show that, for all $s > \max\left(A_c(f), A_c(g)\right)$,
$$L_{f*g}(s) = L_f(s) L_g(s)$$
grandes-ecoles 2020 Q40 View
We assume that $\lambda$ is a real distinct from 1 and we set $w = \frac{1}{\lambda - 1}$. We further set $\mathbf{f} = (1 + w)\delta - w\mathbf{1}$. We denote $\log_2$ the logarithm function in base 2, defined by $\log_2(x) = \frac{\ln(x)}{\ln(2)}$ for all real $x > 0$.
Show that, for $s$ real sufficiently large,
$$\frac{1}{L_{\mathbf{f}}(s)} = 1 + \sum_{m=2}^{\infty} m^{-s} \sum_{k=1}^{\lfloor \log_2 m \rfloor} w^k D_k(m)$$
where $D_k(m)$ is the number of ways to decompose the integer $m$ into a product of $k$ factors greater than or equal to 2, the order of these factors being important.
grandes-ecoles 2020 Q19 View
Let $f$ and $g$ be two arithmetic functions with finite abscissas of convergence. Show that, for all $s > \max\left(A_c(f), A_c(g)\right)$,
$$L_{f*g}(s) = L_f(s) L_g(s)$$
grandes-ecoles 2020 Q40 View
We denote $\log_2$ the logarithm function in base 2, defined by $\log_2(x) = \frac{\ln(x)}{\ln(2)}$ for all real $x > 0$. With $w = \frac{1}{\lambda-1}$ and $\mathbf{f} = (1+w)\delta - w\mathbf{1}$, show that, for $s$ real sufficiently large,
$$\frac{1}{L_{\mathbf{f}}(s)} = 1 + \sum_{m=2}^{\infty} m^{-s} \sum_{k=1}^{\left\lfloor \log_2 m \right\rfloor} w^k D_k(m)$$
where $D_k(m)$ is the number of ways to decompose the integer $m$ into a product of $k$ factors greater than or equal to 2, the order of these factors being important.
grandes-ecoles 2021 Q33 View
Let $A > 2$. Let $f$ be a continuous and bounded function from $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{R}$ and $P$ a polynomial of degree $p$. Justify that there exists a constant $K$ such that $$\forall x \in \mathbb{R} \setminus ]-A, A[, \quad |f(x) - P(x)| \leqslant K|x|^{p}.$$