Solution

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For a complex derivative to exist, the difference quotient must agree along real and imaginary increments. These give and , respectively. Equating their real and imaginary parts gives the Cauchy-Riemann equations
For , the components are and . The first equation requires , so ; the second requires , so . Thus zero is the only possible differentiability point. Directly,
so . The function is differentiable at that isolated point but is not holomorphic on any neighborhood of it.

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