Does e^z - z^2 = 0 Have Infinite Solutions?

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How can we show that the following equation has infinitely many solutions
e^z-z^2=0.
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Work within a fixed branch of logz and write : ## z^2=e^{2logz} ##

Once you find a solution, you have infinitely-many, by periodicity of ##e^z##.
 
Continuing WWGD's post: you get ##e^z=e^{2\log z}## and thus the equation ##e^{z-2log z}=1##. In other words you are looking at the solutions of each of the equations ##z-2\log z=2\pi n## for ##n\in\mathbb{Z}##.
 
It seems that something like Lambert's W function may be helpful in finding solutions to platetheduke's equation.
 
A sphere as topological manifold can be defined by gluing together the boundary of two disk. Basically one starts assigning each disk the subspace topology from ##\mathbb R^2## and then taking the quotient topology obtained by gluing their boundaries. Starting from the above definition of 2-sphere as topological manifold, shows that it is homeomorphic to the "embedded" sphere understood as subset of ##\mathbb R^3## in the subspace topology.
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