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For each integer n≥0, put Zn​={z:f(n)(z)=0}. Every derivative f(n) is an entire function and cannot be identically zero: otherwise repeated integration would make f a polynomial. By the identity theorem for holomorphic functions, its zero set has empty interior, and continuity makes Zn​ a closed set. Thus Zn​ is nowhere dense.
The complex plane with its usual metric is a complete metric space, so the Baire category theorem gives z0​∈/⋃n≥0​Zn​. The Taylor series there has coefficients
n!f(n)(z0​)​=0for every n≥0.​
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