Show that $\exp(f(z)) = \frac{1}{1−z}$

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I'm self teaching Complex Analysis, and am working on this question:

Show that the series expansion of $\exp(z)$ has radius of convergence 1. Let $f(z)$ be the function to which the series $\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{z^n}{n}$ converges on the domain $$D = \{z \in \Bbb C : |z| < 1\}$$ Show that $\exp(f(z)) = \frac{1}{1-z}$

I've done the radius of convergence part by applying the ratio test, however, am not sure how to proceed next. Would be grateful for some guidance, thanks.

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We could try doing this without knowledge of the function $\log$. Can we combinatorially combine the power series to get this conclusion? That is, show $$ \sum_{m=0}^\infty \frac{1}{m!}\left(\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{z^n}{n}\right)^m = \sum_{k=0}^\infty z^k $$An exercise in "generatingfunctionology".


Equivalent statement: Fix a nonnegative integer $k$. Consider all finite sequences $(n_1,n_2,\dots,n_m)$ of positive integers with sum $k$. Then $$ \sum \frac{1}{m!n_1\cdots n_m} = 1 $$ summed over all those finite sequences.

For example, if $k=3$, then the possibilities are: $3, 2+1, 1+2, 1+1+1$, and $$ \frac{1}{1! \cdot 3}+\frac{1}{2!\cdot 2\cdot 1} +\frac{1}{2!\cdot 1\cdot 2}+ \frac{1}{3!\cdot1\cdot1\cdot1} = \frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{6} = 1 $$ Can you do this for all $k$? \begin{align} k=0:&\qquad \frac{1}{0!} = 1 \\ k=1:&\qquad \frac{1}{1!\cdot 1} = 1 \\ k=2:&\qquad \frac{1}{1!\cdot 2} + \frac{1}{2!\cdot1\cdot1} = 1 \end{align}