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Some pecularities of derivative of complex function

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As we see from (13), dz depends only on one real variable , and at the same time it notes all partial differentials in -vicinity of z0 . This property of the differential of z reveals the most visually when representing z in polar form.

To show it, consider the triangle OAB (see Fig. 3) formed by the radius-vectors

(14)

In accord with the sine theorem

whence

(15)

(16)

In accord with the cosine theorem,

(17)

Substituting (17) into (16), we yield

(18)

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Noting that

yield

(19)

And from (19) we yield

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(20)

We see from this derivation that the form itself of writing the total differential of dz with the fixed value of the direction of differentiation (the angle ) turns one of the independent variables ( ) into a non-differentiable parameter depending only on the location of a point in which this total differential is sought, and the second differential of d does not depend on z z0 subtend direction, so this is the differential in a common sense.

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