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Wolfram Alpha gives me a pole at $z=0$ of order $3$. Why is this the case? The denominator is a polynomial of order $2$?

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HINT: Find the least $n\in\mathbb N$ such that $z^nf(z)$ is finite as $z\rightarrow 0$.

Nitin Uniyal
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It is $\cot(x) = \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{2^{2n+1}}{\pi^{2n}}\cdot \lambda(2n)\cdot x^{2n-1}$. So use $x = \pi z$ and we have $$ \frac{\pi\cdot\cot(\pi z)}{z^2} = \pi \cdot \frac{1}{z^2}\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{2^{2n+1}}{\pi^{2n}}\lambda(2n)\pi^{2n-1}z^{2n-1} $$ and shortening leads to $$ \frac{\pi\cdot\cot(\pi z)}{z^2} = \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty}2^{2n+1}\lambda(2n)z^{2n-3} = \frac{1}{z^3}\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty}2^{2n+1}\lambda(2n)z^{2n} $$ So for $k\in\{1,2\}$ the series $z^k\cdot \frac{\pi\cdot\cot(\pi z)}{z^2} $ is not defined for $z=0$. But $k=3$ does the trick.