A function of the type
$$f(x)=\frac{ex+f}{ax^2+bx+c}$$
with $b^2-4 a c \geq 0$ can be written as a series using partial fraction decomposition and geometric series.
But if one has the same function with $b^2-4 a c < 0$? Partial fraction decomposition does not help and geometric series neither, so what is the strategy to rewrite $f(x)$ as a series in that case?
Example
$$f(x)=\frac{x+1}{x^2+x+3}$$
Partial fraction decomposition still works, just that the roots are now a conjugate pair of complex numbers, $$ax^2+bx+c=a(x-z)(x-\bar z)=c(1-\frac{x}z)(1-\frac{x}{\bar z}).$$
In the end you get a formula $$ \frac{A}{1-\frac{x}z}+\frac{\bar A}{1-\frac{x}{\bar z}}=2\Re\left(\sum_{k=0}^\infty\frac{A}{z^k}x^k\right) $$ where for each term there is the conjugate complex term so that in the end the result is again real.