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I have the following function and I am trying to find if it is analytic and differentiable. I use cauchy-riemann to prove it.

$$ f(x) = x^2 -x+y+i(y^2-5y-x)$$

$$u(x,y) = x^2-x+y$$ $$v(x,y) = y^2-5y-x$$

$$u_x = 2x-1$$ $$u_y = 1$$ $$v_x= -1$$ $$v_y= 2y-5$$

As a result $$u_y = -v_x \Rightarrow 1 = -(-1) \Rightarrow 1 = 1$$ and $$u_x \neq v_y\Rightarrow y = x+2$$

I was wondering if we can say that there some regions that the function is differentiable or analytic.

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This function fails to satisfy the Cauchy-Riemann equations and is is therefore not complex-differentiable.

ncmathsadist
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  • I was wondering if we can say that is differentiable in some specific region. So that means it is not analytic too. I guess I guess didn't understand what open region means. – primer Jan 26 '12 at 15:25
  • This is an example of a function that is differentiable as a map from the plane into itself as a real (vector) function. However it is not analytic – ncmathsadist Jan 26 '12 at 15:37
  • On a separate note, a subset $G\subseteq\mathbb{C}$ is open if for each $z\in G$ there is some $r > 0$ so that the open ball centered at $z$, $B_r(z) = {w\in\mathbb{C}| |w - z| < r}$ is contained in $G$. – ncmathsadist Jan 26 '12 at 15:39
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$h(x,y)=U(x,y)+iV(x,y)$

If $\partial_{x}(U(x,y))=\partial_{y}(V(x,y))$ and $\partial_{y}(U(x,y))=-\partial_{x}(V(x,y))$ then The function can be expressed as $h(x,y)=U(x,y)+iV(x,y)=f(z)=f(x+iy)$

For example

$h(x,y)=e^{x}\cos(y)+ie^{x}\sin(y)$ then

$U(x,y)=e^{x}\cos(y)$

$V(x,y)=e^{x}\sin(y)$

$\partial_{x}(U(x,y))=e^{x}\cos(y)$

$\partial_{y}(U(x,y))=-e^{x}\sin(y)$

$\partial_{x}(V(x,y))=e^{x}\sin(y)$

$\partial_{y}(V(x,y))=e^{x}\cos(y)$

$\partial_{x}(U(x,y))=\partial_{y}(V(x,y))$ and $\partial_{y}(U(x,y))=-\partial_{x}(V(x,y))$

Thus $h(x,y)$ can be expressed as $h(x,y)=f(z)=f(x+iy)$

Really if we check $h(x,y)=e^{x}\cos(y)+ie^{x}\sin(y)=e^{x}(\cos(y)+i\sin(y))=e^{x}e^{iy}=e^{x+iy}=e^{z}$

$h(x,y)=f(z)=e^{z}$

Mathlover
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    Mathlover, put a whack (\) in front of sines and cosines. I did this; notice how it improved the appearance of your calculation. – ncmathsadist Jan 27 '12 at 02:09