For positive integer values of , what is the radius of convergence of the function above?
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Let a n = ( n k ) ! ( n ! ) k x n . The Ratio Test shows us that the series will converge if n → ∞ lim ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ a n a n + 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ = n → ∞ lim ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ( n k ) ! ( n ! ) k x n ( n k + k ) ! ( n + 1 ) ! k x n + 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ = n → ∞ lim ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ( k n + 1 ) ( k n + 2 ) ( ⋯ ) ( k n + k ) ( n + 1 ) k ⋅ x ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ < 1 ⇔ ⇔ n → ∞ lim n k ⋅ ( k + n 1 ) ⋅ ( k + n 2 ) ⋅ ( ⋯ ) ⋅ ( k + n k ) n k ⋅ ( 1 + n 1 ) k ⋅ ∣ x ∣ = n → ∞ lim k ⋅ ( 1 + k n 1 ) ⋅ k ( 1 + k n 2 ) ⋅ ( ⋯ ) ⋅ k ( 1 + n 1 ) ( 1 + n 1 ) k ⋅ ∣ x ∣ < 1 ⇔ ⇔ n → ∞ lim ( k k 1 ⋅ ∣ x ∣ ⋅ ( 1 + k n 1 ) ( 1 + k n 2 ) ( ⋯ ) ( 1 + n 1 ) ( 1 + n 1 ) k ) = k k 1 ⋅ ∣ x ∣ ⋅ n → ∞ lim ( ( 1 + k n 1 ) ( 1 + k n 2 ) ( ⋯ ) ( 1 + n 1 ) ( 1 + n 1 ) k ) < 1 ⇔ ⇔ k k ∣ x ∣ < 1 ⇔ ∣ x ∣ < k k .