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Past exam of the metric spaces and complex analysis course of the University of Oxford 2021 3 b Solution by
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The identity theorem states that if two holomorphic functions on a connected open set agree at a sequence of distinct points with an accumulation point inside that set, then they agree everywhere on it. Equivalently, the zeros of a holomorphic function which is not identically zero cannot accumulate inside its domain.
Because never vanish, their logarithmic derivatives are holomorphic. The holomorphic functionvanishes at every . Since the distinct converge to , the identity theorem gives . Applying the quotient rule now givesA holomorphic function with zero derivative on a domain is constant. One can see this locally from its Taylor series, then propagate the constant using connectedness. Hence on , with , andThe conclusion can fail if the accumulation occurs outside . Take the punctured complex plane andBoth functions are nowhere vanishing and holomorphic on , and . The chain rule givesso these logarithmic derivatives agree at every . However, is not constant: for example and . Therefore no constant gives .
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