singular points of $f(\frac{1}{z})$

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given an entire function $f(z)$, find and classify the singular points of the function $f(\frac{1}{z})$.

my take:

$f(z)$ is entire -> $f(z)$ = $\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n z^n$

plugging in $\frac{1}{z}$ -> $f(\frac{1}{z})$ = $\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n z^{-n}$

we define $g(z) = f(\frac{1}{z}) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^0 a_{-n}z^n$

  1. $f(z)$ - polynomial $lim_{z\to0} f(1/z) =\infty $ - z=0 is a pole

  2. $f(z)$ is constant $lim_{z\to0} f(1/z) = Const $ - z=0 is a removeable singularity

  3. $f(z) $ is not a polynomial then the laurent expansion is of the form : $f(z)$ = $\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n z^n$ we get infinite negative exponents when $z= \frac{1}{z}$ and so z=0 is an essential singularity.