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Who Why do functions in complex analysis behave so well? (as opposed to functions in real analysis)

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Who do functions in complex analysis behave so well? (as opposed to functions in real analysis)

Complex analytic functions show rigid behavior while real-valued smooth functions are flexible. Why is this the case?