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Let $z = x + iy$

Then $w$ can be rewritten as:

$
w = e^{(x+iy)(x+iy)} \\
w = e^{(x^2-y^2+i2xy)} \\
w = e^{x^2-y^2}(\cos(2xy) + i\sin(2xy)) \\
$

Now find the modulus of $w$

$
|w| = |e^{x^2-y^2}\cos(2xy) + ie^{x^2-y^2}\sin(2xy))| \\
|w| = e^{x^2-y^2}\sqrt{\cos^2(2xy)+\sin^2(2xy)} \\
|w| = e^{x^2-y^2} \\
$

- Now note that when you consider the line ${x=y}$:

$
|w| = e^{x^2-x^2} \\
|w| = e^0 \\
|w| = 1
$

- And similarly on the line ${x=-y}$:

$
|w| = e^{(-y)^2-y^2} \\
|w| = e^0 \\
|w| = 1
$

- For the region $\{x+iy : x^2 > y^2\}$:

$|w| = e^{x^2-y^2} > e^0 > 1$

- And finally for the region $\{x+iy : x^2 < y^2\}$:

$|w| = e^{x^2-y^2} < e^0 < 1$



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