Definition:Analytic Continuation

Definition
Let $U \subset \C$ be an open set.

Let $f: U \to \C$ be an analytic function.

Let $V$ be an open subset of $\C$ such that $U \subset V$.

An analytic continuation of $f$ to $V$ is an analytic function $F: V \to \C$ such that $\map F z = \map f z$ for $z \in U$.

Also see

 * Uniqueness of Analytic Continuation