Function real-differentiable at a point

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Definition

For an open subset of the complex numbers

Suppose U is an open subset of C, and f:UC is a function. Let z0U be a point. We say that f is real-differentiable at z0 if there exists a matrix (Df)M2(R) such that:

limh0f(z+h)f(z)(Df)(h)|h|=0

Here (Df)(h) denotes Df multiplied with h as a column vector.

Such a Df is termed a real differential of f.