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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 5 1 c Solution by
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The complex Liouville theorem states that a bounded entire function is constant. Indeed, if , the Cauchy estimate on any disc of radius centered at gives . Letting gives everywhere.
The analogous conclusion for bounded real analytic functions on is false. For example, is bounded, nonconstant, and real analytic on the whole real line. Boundedness only on that line does not bound its holomorphic extension on the complex plane.
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