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I want to construct a continuous function $f$ on $mathbb{C}$ such that $f(0)=0 $ and $f$ vanishes at infinity.Can anyone give me some examples,thanks!










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    $f(z)=dfrac{z}{e^z}$
    – Yadati Kiran
    Nov 18 at 10:51










  • This example is wrong. $f(2npi i)=2npi i $ which does not tend to $0$.
    – Kavi Rama Murthy
    Nov 18 at 11:53










  • What about $f(z) = 0$?
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    Nov 18 at 19:28















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I want to construct a continuous function $f$ on $mathbb{C}$ such that $f(0)=0 $ and $f$ vanishes at infinity.Can anyone give me some examples,thanks!










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    $f(z)=dfrac{z}{e^z}$
    – Yadati Kiran
    Nov 18 at 10:51










  • This example is wrong. $f(2npi i)=2npi i $ which does not tend to $0$.
    – Kavi Rama Murthy
    Nov 18 at 11:53










  • What about $f(z) = 0$?
    – gerw
    Nov 18 at 19:28













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I want to construct a continuous function $f$ on $mathbb{C}$ such that $f(0)=0 $ and $f$ vanishes at infinity.Can anyone give me some examples,thanks!










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  • 3




    $f(z)=dfrac{z}{e^z}$
    – Yadati Kiran
    Nov 18 at 10:51










  • This example is wrong. $f(2npi i)=2npi i $ which does not tend to $0$.
    – Kavi Rama Murthy
    Nov 18 at 11:53










  • What about $f(z) = 0$?
    – gerw
    Nov 18 at 19:28














  • 3




    $f(z)=dfrac{z}{e^z}$
    – Yadati Kiran
    Nov 18 at 10:51










  • This example is wrong. $f(2npi i)=2npi i $ which does not tend to $0$.
    – Kavi Rama Murthy
    Nov 18 at 11:53










  • What about $f(z) = 0$?
    – gerw
    Nov 18 at 19:28








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$f(z)=dfrac{z}{e^z}$
– Yadati Kiran
Nov 18 at 10:51




$f(z)=dfrac{z}{e^z}$
– Yadati Kiran
Nov 18 at 10:51












This example is wrong. $f(2npi i)=2npi i $ which does not tend to $0$.
– Kavi Rama Murthy
Nov 18 at 11:53




This example is wrong. $f(2npi i)=2npi i $ which does not tend to $0$.
– Kavi Rama Murthy
Nov 18 at 11:53












What about $f(z) = 0$?
– gerw
Nov 18 at 19:28




What about $f(z) = 0$?
– gerw
Nov 18 at 19:28










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$f(z)=z$ for $|z| <1$, $f(z)=frac z {|z|^{2}}$ if $|z| geq 1$.






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