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For $z=x+iy$, the Wirtinger derivatives are ${\partial }_z=({\partial }_x-i{\partial }_y)/2$ and ${\partial }_{\bar{z}}=({\partial }_x+i{\partial }_y)/2$. The Cauchy-Riemann equations become ${\partial }_{\bar{z}}F=0$ for a holomorphic function $F$, and $4{\partial }_z{\partial }_{\bar{z}}=\Delta$. Thus $u_z$ is holomorphic whenever $u$ is a twice continuously differentiable harmonic function.

The imaginary part of the entire function $e^{z^2}$ is a harmonic function. On the upper half-plane it vanishes at $y=0$ and tends to zero as $y\to \infty$ for every fixed $x$, but is nonzero and grows rapidly in the horizontal direction. Adding it to a Poisson integral preserves those boundary and vertical-decay conditions. A boundedness or suitable transform-growth condition is therefore needed to make the half-plane Dirichlet problem unique.

The harmonic function $v(x,y)=xy$ vanishes on both axes but is nonzero in the quadrant, and $v_z=-iz/2$. More generally $\mathrm{Im}{z}^{2m}$, for a positive integer $m$, vanishes on both axes and is harmonic. Adding these unbounded functions leaves all edge Dirichlet boundary conditions unchanged. Thus decay of the boundary data does not imply decay of every solution, and an edge-data-only formula cannot determine an arbitrary solution's Wirtinger derivative. A boundedness or suitable growth condition must select the solution.

For a bounded regular region and a sufficiently smooth real harmonic function, apply the divergence theorem to $u\nabla u$. Its divergence is $|\nabla u{|}^2+u\Delta u$. The boundary term vanishes, hence the integral of the nonnegative gradient square is zero. The gradient vanishes and the boundary values fix each component's constant as zero. Taking the difference of two solutions gives uniqueness for the Poisson equation with Dirichlet boundary data. Unbounded regions require an additional condition at infinity.