[Math] the basic difference between differentiable, analytic and holomorphic function

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The function $f(z)$ is said to be analytic at $z_0$ if its derivative exists at each point $z$ in some neighborhood of $z_0$, and the function is said to be differentiable if its derivative exist at each point in its domain.
So whats the difference?

Best Answer

Holomorphic functions are complex functions, analytic functions are not necessarily complex.

Both, holomorphic and analytic functions, are infinitely continuous differentiable. But a differentiable functions is not necessarily infinitely differentiable, moreover: an infinitely differentiable function is not necessarily analytic or holomorphic.