Complex-valued continuous function gives closed form iff holomorphic

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This fact relates notions of complex analysis and complex differentiation with de Rham cohomology.
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Statement

Suppose UC is an open subset and f:UC is a continuous function. Consider the differential 1-form associated to f:

f(z)dz

Then, this 1-form is closed if and only if f is a holomorphic function.

Proof