characterizing the boundary of the convergent region of $f(z)= sum_{n=1}^{infty} z^{(1/z)^{n}}$












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Let



$$f(z)= sum_{n=1}^{infty} z^{(1/z)^{n}}$$



A domain colored portrait (with artifacts) for $f(z)$ on the unit disk looks like:





The gray and white regions are where the software package had difficulty with the sum, because it was divergent. Is there any good way of characterizing for which $|z|<1$ this series is convergent? I'm interested in the boundary of the red dagger shaped region to the right.



The code that was used to generate this is (using mpmath and matplotlib):



from mpmath import *
import pylab
def f(z):
return fp.nsum(lambda n: z**(1/(z**n)), [1,inf])


fp.cplot(lambda z: f(z), [-1.0, 1.0], [-1.0, 1.0], points=800000, verbose=True)









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    The series converges for $$left| {{z^{1/z}}} right| < 1$$
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    – Pedro Tamaroff
    Mar 6 '12 at 21:03






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    No, it's $z^{(1/z^n)}$, not $(z^{1/z})^n$
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    – Robert Israel
    Mar 6 '12 at 21:22


















1












$begingroup$


Let



$$f(z)= sum_{n=1}^{infty} z^{(1/z)^{n}}$$



A domain colored portrait (with artifacts) for $f(z)$ on the unit disk looks like:





The gray and white regions are where the software package had difficulty with the sum, because it was divergent. Is there any good way of characterizing for which $|z|<1$ this series is convergent? I'm interested in the boundary of the red dagger shaped region to the right.



The code that was used to generate this is (using mpmath and matplotlib):



from mpmath import *
import pylab
def f(z):
return fp.nsum(lambda n: z**(1/(z**n)), [1,inf])


fp.cplot(lambda z: f(z), [-1.0, 1.0], [-1.0, 1.0], points=800000, verbose=True)









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  • $begingroup$
    The series converges for $$left| {{z^{1/z}}} right| < 1$$
    $endgroup$
    – Pedro Tamaroff
    Mar 6 '12 at 21:03






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    No, it's $z^{(1/z^n)}$, not $(z^{1/z})^n$
    $endgroup$
    – Robert Israel
    Mar 6 '12 at 21:22
















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$begingroup$


Let



$$f(z)= sum_{n=1}^{infty} z^{(1/z)^{n}}$$



A domain colored portrait (with artifacts) for $f(z)$ on the unit disk looks like:





The gray and white regions are where the software package had difficulty with the sum, because it was divergent. Is there any good way of characterizing for which $|z|<1$ this series is convergent? I'm interested in the boundary of the red dagger shaped region to the right.



The code that was used to generate this is (using mpmath and matplotlib):



from mpmath import *
import pylab
def f(z):
return fp.nsum(lambda n: z**(1/(z**n)), [1,inf])


fp.cplot(lambda z: f(z), [-1.0, 1.0], [-1.0, 1.0], points=800000, verbose=True)









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Let



$$f(z)= sum_{n=1}^{infty} z^{(1/z)^{n}}$$



A domain colored portrait (with artifacts) for $f(z)$ on the unit disk looks like:





The gray and white regions are where the software package had difficulty with the sum, because it was divergent. Is there any good way of characterizing for which $|z|<1$ this series is convergent? I'm interested in the boundary of the red dagger shaped region to the right.



The code that was used to generate this is (using mpmath and matplotlib):



from mpmath import *
import pylab
def f(z):
return fp.nsum(lambda n: z**(1/(z**n)), [1,inf])


fp.cplot(lambda z: f(z), [-1.0, 1.0], [-1.0, 1.0], points=800000, verbose=True)






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  • $begingroup$
    The series converges for $$left| {{z^{1/z}}} right| < 1$$
    $endgroup$
    – Pedro Tamaroff
    Mar 6 '12 at 21:03






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    No, it's $z^{(1/z^n)}$, not $(z^{1/z})^n$
    $endgroup$
    – Robert Israel
    Mar 6 '12 at 21:22




















  • $begingroup$
    The series converges for $$left| {{z^{1/z}}} right| < 1$$
    $endgroup$
    – Pedro Tamaroff
    Mar 6 '12 at 21:03






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    No, it's $z^{(1/z^n)}$, not $(z^{1/z})^n$
    $endgroup$
    – Robert Israel
    Mar 6 '12 at 21:22


















$begingroup$
The series converges for $$left| {{z^{1/z}}} right| < 1$$
$endgroup$
– Pedro Tamaroff
Mar 6 '12 at 21:03




$begingroup$
The series converges for $$left| {{z^{1/z}}} right| < 1$$
$endgroup$
– Pedro Tamaroff
Mar 6 '12 at 21:03




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1




$begingroup$
No, it's $z^{(1/z^n)}$, not $(z^{1/z})^n$
$endgroup$
– Robert Israel
Mar 6 '12 at 21:22






$begingroup$
No, it's $z^{(1/z^n)}$, not $(z^{1/z})^n$
$endgroup$
– Robert Israel
Mar 6 '12 at 21:22












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$|z^{(1/z)^n}| = exp(text{Re}(log(z) (1/z)^{n}))$. Now if $z$ is not a positive real number,
$log(z) (1/z)^n$ will be in some sector ${z: -pi/2+epsilon le arg(z) le pi/2 - epsilon}$ infinitely often, and since $|log(z) (1/z)^n| to infty$ as $n to infty$ the terms of your series won't go to $0$, and the series will diverge. On the other hand, for $0 < z < 1$ the series converges.



So the thickness of your red region is really just an artifact of the numerical methods being used.






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    $|z^{(1/z)^n}| = exp(text{Re}(log(z) (1/z)^{n}))$. Now if $z$ is not a positive real number,
    $log(z) (1/z)^n$ will be in some sector ${z: -pi/2+epsilon le arg(z) le pi/2 - epsilon}$ infinitely often, and since $|log(z) (1/z)^n| to infty$ as $n to infty$ the terms of your series won't go to $0$, and the series will diverge. On the other hand, for $0 < z < 1$ the series converges.



    So the thickness of your red region is really just an artifact of the numerical methods being used.






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      $begingroup$

      $|z^{(1/z)^n}| = exp(text{Re}(log(z) (1/z)^{n}))$. Now if $z$ is not a positive real number,
      $log(z) (1/z)^n$ will be in some sector ${z: -pi/2+epsilon le arg(z) le pi/2 - epsilon}$ infinitely often, and since $|log(z) (1/z)^n| to infty$ as $n to infty$ the terms of your series won't go to $0$, and the series will diverge. On the other hand, for $0 < z < 1$ the series converges.



      So the thickness of your red region is really just an artifact of the numerical methods being used.






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        $begingroup$

        $|z^{(1/z)^n}| = exp(text{Re}(log(z) (1/z)^{n}))$. Now if $z$ is not a positive real number,
        $log(z) (1/z)^n$ will be in some sector ${z: -pi/2+epsilon le arg(z) le pi/2 - epsilon}$ infinitely often, and since $|log(z) (1/z)^n| to infty$ as $n to infty$ the terms of your series won't go to $0$, and the series will diverge. On the other hand, for $0 < z < 1$ the series converges.



        So the thickness of your red region is really just an artifact of the numerical methods being used.






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        $|z^{(1/z)^n}| = exp(text{Re}(log(z) (1/z)^{n}))$. Now if $z$ is not a positive real number,
        $log(z) (1/z)^n$ will be in some sector ${z: -pi/2+epsilon le arg(z) le pi/2 - epsilon}$ infinitely often, and since $|log(z) (1/z)^n| to infty$ as $n to infty$ the terms of your series won't go to $0$, and the series will diverge. On the other hand, for $0 < z < 1$ the series converges.



        So the thickness of your red region is really just an artifact of the numerical methods being used.







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