Kitaptaki ifadeler aşağıdaki gibidir:
Theorem 1.1 Let U be a connected open set, and let f be a holomorphic function on U. If f′=0 then f is constant.
Proof. Let α,β be two points in U, and suppose first that γ is a curve joining α to β, so that γ(a)=αandγ(b)=β.
The function t↦f(γ(t))
is differentiable, and by the chain rule, its derivative is
f′(γ(t))γ′(t)=0.
Hence this function is constant, and therefore
f(α)=f(γ(a))=f(γ(b))=f(β).
Next, suppose that
γ={γ1,…,γn} is a path joining
α to
β, and let
zj be the end point of
γj, putting
z0=αandzn=β.
By what we have just proved, we have
f(α)=f(z0)=f(z1)=f(z2)=⋯=f(zn)=f(β),
thereby proving the theorem.