[Math] Extending a bounded holomorphic function past its boundary

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Suppose I have a bounded holomorphic function on the unit disc, centred at the origin. Can I always extend this beyond the origin to say a disc of radius $1 + \epsilon$ for some $\epsilon > 0$? My guess is that this should be possible since we can take a Taylor expansion about 0, but I can't show that there are not going to be poles/ a limit point of poles at the boundary.

Best Answer

No, this is in general not possible. Take e.g., $$ f(z) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{z^{n!}}{n!} $$ This series converges absolutely and uniformly for $|z| \le 1$, with $$ |f(z)| \le \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n!} = e-1 $$ but the derivative $$ f'(z) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty z^{n!-1} $$ does not extend holomorphically to any domain strictly containing the open unit disk. (The radial limit at any root of unity is infinite.)