Interior and exterior curves of finite Blaschke products (Q1659331): Difference between revisions

From the author's abstract: For a Blaschke product \(B\) of degree \(d\) and \(\lambda\in\partial\mathbb D\), let \(\ell_\lambda\) be the set of lines joining each distinct two preimages in \(B^{-1}(\lambda)\). The envelope of the family of lines \(\{\ell_\lambda: \lambda\in\partial\mathbb D\}\) is called the interior curve associated with \(B\). \textit{U. Daepp} et al. [Am. Math. Mon. 109, No. 9, 785--795 (2002; Zbl 1022.30039)] proved that the interior curve associated with a Blaschke product of degree \(3\) forms an ellipse. Now let \(\{L_\lambda:\lambda\in\partial\mathbb D\}\) be the set of lines tangent to \(\partial\mathbb D\) at the \(d\) preimages \(B^{-1}(\lambda)\). The collection of the intersection points of each pair of elements in \(L_\lambda\) forms a curve and is called the exterior curve associated with \(B\). The author [Comput. Methods Funct. Theory 17, No. 4, 635--652 (2017; Zbl 1394.30045)] proved that the exterior curve associated with a Blaschke product of degree 3 forms a non-degenerate conic. In this paper, for a Blaschke product of degree \(d\), the author gives some geometrical relations between the interior curve and the exterior curve. Many examples with nice pictures are given explicitly.