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Agreement accumulating only at the boundary does not force a holomorphic identity
Statement refuted
Two holomorphic functions on a complex domain that agree on a set accumulating at a boundary point must agree everywhere.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The punctured plane , the functions and , the entire complex sine (Complex sine, cosine, hyperbolic sine, and hyperbolic cosine are entire with their standard derivatives, The exponential formulas, real restrictions, and trigonometric-hyperbolic dictionary over ), the complex chain and quotient rules (The chain rule for complex derivatives, Linearity, product, reciprocal, and quotient rules for complex derivatives), the plane topology dictionary ( as the Euclidean plane and as a normed real algebra: what the identification preserves), and (Quarter-turn values and shifts by pi/2 and pi).
For complex , exactly when for some integer (The zeros of complex sine are the integer multiples of pi, and the zeros of complex cosine are the odd half-integer multiples of pi).
If two holomorphic functions on a complex domain agree on a set with an accumulation point in the domain, then they agree everywhere on the domain (Identity theorem for holomorphic functions).
For , is polygonally connected (For , the punctured space is polygonally connected).
Counterexample
The set is open and is connected by [L3] under the plane dictionary, so it is a complex domain (A complex domain is a nonempty connected open subset of ). The chain and quotient rules make holomorphic there, and is holomorphic as a constant.
For every natural , put . Then , [L1] gives , the points are distinct, and .
The accumulation point is not in , so [L2] does not apply. Moreover, and . Thus the functions agree on a set accumulating only at the boundary but are not identical.
Depends on
- Identity theorem for holomorphic functions
- Complex sine, cosine, hyperbolic sine, and hyperbolic cosine are entire with their standard derivatives
- The zeros of complex sine are the integer multiples of pi, and the zeros of complex cosine are the odd half-integer multiples of pi
- The exponential formulas, real restrictions, and trigonometric-hyperbolic dictionary over $\mathbb C$
- Quarter-turn values and shifts by pi/2 and pi
- The chain rule for complex derivatives
- Linearity, product, reciprocal, and quotient rules for complex derivatives
- For $n\ge2$, the punctured space $\mathbb{R}^n\setminus\{0\}$ is polygonally connected
- $\mathbb C=\mathbb R[x]/(x^2+1)$ as the Euclidean plane and as a normed real algebra: what the identification preserves
- A complex domain is a nonempty connected open subset of $\mathbb C$
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Sources
- J. Lebl, Guide to Cultivating Complex Analysis, §2.4 (standard reference, not scraped)
- B. V. Shabat, Introduction to Complex Analysis, §2.3 (standard reference, not scraped)