Holomorphic functions on subsets of ${\Bbb C}$

Abstract

Let $\Gamma$ be a $C^\infty$ curve in $\Bbb{C}$ containing 0; it becomes $\Gamma_\theta$ after rotation by angle $\theta$ about 0. Suppose a $C^\infty$ function $f$ can be extended holomorphically to a neighborhood of each element of the family $\{\Gamma_\theta \}$. We prove that under some conditions on $\Gamma$ the function $f$ is necessarily holomorphic in a neighborhood of the origin. In case $\Gamma$ is a straight segment the well known Bochnak-Siciak Theorem gives such a proof for real analyticity. We also provide several other results related to testing holomorphy property on a family of certain subsets of a domain in $\Bbb{C}$.