Injectivity and the pre-Schwarzian derivative (Q1590927): Difference between revisions

Let \(D\) be a simply connected domain in the complex plane, other than the plane itself and \(\rho_D|dz|\) be the hyperbolic metric of \(D\). The inner radius of injectivity \(\tau(D)\) is defined as the supremum of all numbers \(c\geq 0\) such that every analytic function \(f\) in \(D\) satisfying the bound \(|f''/f' |\leq c\rho_D\) is injective. The author proves among others the following remarkable results: 1. If \(h\) is an analytic function in the unit disk \(B\) such that \(h'(0)\neq 0\) and \(|zh''(z)/h'(z)\leq 1/2\) for all \(z\in B\), then \(\tau(h(B))\geq 1/2\). 2. If \(D\) is convex, then \(\tau(D)\leq 1/2\). 3. If \(D\) is not convex, then \(\tau(D) <1/2\).