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Room inside the domain shrinks the derivative

Let ℍ = {z = x + iy | y > 0} and f : ℍ be a non-constant holomorphic function satisfying |f(z)| < 1 for all z ∈ ℍ. Which of the following statements is true?

  1. A.iy) = 0
  2. B.iy) is a complex number with absolute value 1.
  3. C. |f′(iy)|
  4. D.iy) is not a real number.

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward.

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Related counterexample: Cauchy's theorem applies to any domain without singularities of f

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