Divergence of Series vs Dense Singularities

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I am preparing for a Complex Analysis exam and have a question where I have to show that $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty nz^n=\frac{z}{(1-z)^2}$$ which I did using a geometric series of $\frac{1}{1-z}$. The next part of the question asks me to find all points where the original series diverges. My initial guess is that the series diverges for all $z$ such that $|z|\ge1$.

However, it then seems that the series has a dense set of singularities on the unit circle and so cannot be analytically continued, which clearly isn't true. Is it that these points are not actually singularities or am I missing something else?

Additionally, I rely on uniform convergence when using the geometric series for $|z|<1$ but uniform convergence of power series is technically defined on compact sets. Is it incorrect to use uniform convergence as justification when the actual domain is open rather than compact?

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Your guess is right (and easy to justify): that series diverges of and only if $\lvert z\rvert\geqslant1$. Obviously, the sum of the series has one and only one analytic continuation to $\mathbb{C}\setminus\{1\}$ and that analytic continuation has one an only one singularity, located at $1$.