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Complex differentiability

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Definition

Let U⊆ℂU \subseteq \mathbb{C} be an open set, let f:U→ℂf : U \to \mathbb{C} be a function, and let z0∈Uz_0 \in U. The function ff is complex differentiable at z0z_0 if the limit f′(z0)=lim⁡h→0f(z0+h)−f(z0)hf'(z_0) = \lim_{h \to 0} \frac{f(z_0 + h) - f(z_0)}{h} exists in ℂ\mathbb{C}. Here hh runs through the nonzero complex numbers with z0+h∈Uz_0 + h \in U. The number f′(z0)f'(z_0) is the complex derivative of ff at z0z_0. The limit means: for each ε>0\varepsilon > 0 there is δ>0\delta > 0 such that ∣f(z0+h)−f(z0)h−f′(z0)∣<ε\left| \frac{f(z_0 + h) - f(z_0)}{h} - f'(z_0) \right| < \varepsilon for all such hh with 0<∣h∣<δ0 < |h| < \delta.

Remarks

For example, f(z)=z2f(z) = z^2 is complex differentiable at each z0z_0 with f′(z0)=2z0f'(z_0) = 2 z_0, because (z0+h)2−z02h=2z0+h\frac{(z_0 + h)^2 - z_0^2}{h} = 2 z_0 + h. The number hh can go to 00 from each direction in the plane. This makes the condition much stronger than real differentiability, see the conjugate is not holomorphic. If ff is complex differentiable at z0z_0, then ff is continuous at z0z_0. The Cauchy–Riemann equations describe complex differentiability with partial derivatives.

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