Covering theorems for univalent functions (Q5903438)

This paper consists essentially of two parts. In the first the author studies conformal mappings f of the unit disc into a general plane domain W for which \(f(0)=a\), \(a\in W\), and asks for the region of values of f(r), \(0<r<1\). The results obtained are of a qualitative nature and the method is essentially an exercise in applying the fundamental concepts of the reviewer [Ann. Math., II. Ser. 66, 440-453 (1957; Zbl 0082.063)]. The second part studies the region of values of f(r) when f is a member of the family \({\mathcal S}_ 0\) consisting of regular univalent functions in the unit disc omitting the value 0 and with \(f(0)=1\). The corresponding region of values was found by \textit{Z. Lewandowski}, \textit{R. Libera} and \textit{E. Złotkiewicz} [Ann. Univ. Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, Lect. A 31, 75-84 (1977; Zbl 0441.30022)]. (If one replaces the unit disc by a general schlichtartig domain the corresponding problem was later solved by the reviewer [Complex Variables 3, 169-172 (1984; Zbl 0521.30012)].) The author studies in a precise manner certain properties of the region of values indicated above. In particular he obtains bounds for l.u.b. arg f(r) and min \({\mathcal R}f(r)\). For some values of r the bounds are sharp. His final result treats an extremal problem for the module of a doubly- connected domain. The results ascribed to Schiffer on p. 38 were obtained much earlier by \textit{H. Grötzsch} [Sitzungsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl. 1933, 501-515 (1933)] actually in a more general context.