Residue and removable singularity

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I have the function $\displaystyle f(z)=\frac{z^2+z+1}{z^2(z-1)}$.
I have to calculate residue in isolated singularities (including infinity).
I calculated residue in $z = 0$ and $z = 1$, but I don't know how to calculate it in infinity. I don't understand if infinity is removable singularity or not.

Best Answer

The Residue at Infinity of $f(z)$ is given by

$$\text{Res}\left(f(z),z=\infty\right)=\text{Res}\left(-\frac1{z^2}f\left(\frac1z\right),z=0\right)$$

So, for $f(z)=\frac{z^2+z+1}{z^2(z-1)}$, we have

$$\begin{align} \text{Res}\left(f(z),z=\infty\right)&=\text{Res}\left(-\frac1{z^2}\frac{1/z^2+1/z+1}{(1/z^2)(1/z-1)},z=0\right)\\\\ &=-\text{Res}\left(\frac{z^2+z+1}{z(1-z)},z=0\right)\\\\ &=-\lim_{z\to 0}\left(z\,\frac{z^2+z+1}{z(1-z)}\right)\\\\ &=-1 \end{align}$$