Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 2 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2007 / Paper 2 / 3 / Solution

At a point of complex differentiability, the complex derivative is independent of the direction of approach. Taking increments along the real axis gives $f^{\prime }=u_x+i{v}_x$; taking imaginary increments gives $f^{\prime }=v_y-i{u}_y$. Equality of their real parts and imaginary parts proves the Cauchy-Riemann equations $u_x=v_y$ and $u_y=-v_x$.

For the specified real part, observe that $z^2{e}^z$ has exactly that real part. Equivalently, integrating $v_y=u_x$ and checking $v_x=-u_y$ givesThusThe freedom is only a constant imaginary part: the difference of two such holomorphic functions has zero real part, so its Cauchy-Riemann equations make it constant on each connected domain.