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A nonzero holomorphic hypersurface in complex dimension at least two has no isolated points

Statement

Let m≥2, let U⊆Cm be a domain, and let f:U→C be holomorphic and not identically zero. Then every point a∈Z(f) is a limit point of Z(f)∖{a}.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A domain U⊆Cm with m≥2, a nonzero holomorphic function f:U→C, and a point a∈U with f(a)=0.

[L1]

A holomorphic function on a domain that vanishes on a nonempty open subset vanishes identically (A holomorphic function vanishing on a nonempty open subset of a domain vanishes identically).

[L2]

A nonzero germ becomes regular after a linear coordinate change, and nearby slices of a regular germ carry the same zero count (After a linear coordinate change, every nonzero germ is regular in the last variable, Nearby slices of a regular germ have the same zero count).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1givenL1L2

The germ of f at a is nonzero: otherwise f would vanish on a neighbourhood of a, and [L1] would force f≡0 on the domain U, contrary to the hypothesis. After translating a to 0 and applying the invertible complex-linear coordinate change from [L2], which preserves local zero sets and isolatedness, we may therefore assume that a=0 and that f is regular in zm of some order d. Because f(0)=0, that order satisfies d≥1.

2.1step 1.1L2choose

Step 1.1 and [L2] give a neighbourhood V⊆Cm−1 of 0 and a radius r>0 such that every slice over z′∈V has exactly d zeros in ∣ζ∣<r. Since m≥2, the parameter space Cm−1 is nontrivial, so choose z′∈V∖{0} arbitrarily small. Then there exists zm with ∣zm∣<r and f(z′,zm)=0. Because z′≠0, this zero is different from the origin.

3.1step 2.1∎

By taking z′ arbitrarily close to 0 in step 2.1, we obtain zeros of f distinct from 0=a arbitrarily close to the origin in the chosen coordinates. Undoing the coordinate change shows that the original point a is a limit point of Z(f)∖{a}.

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