The pointwise convergence of Möbius maps (Q1766492)

In 1957, G.~Piranian and W.~J.~Thron classified the possible limits of a pointwise convergent sequence of Möbius maps acting in the extended complex plane. In this paper, the author considers the problem for Möbius maps acting in higher dimensions. The following result is proved, where \(\mathbb R^k_\infty\) is the usual com\-pac\-ti\-fi\-ca\-ti\-on of \(\mathbb R^k\). Let \(g_n\) be a sequence of Möbius maps acting on \(\mathbb R^k_\infty\) that converges pointwise on the set \(C\) (and nowhere else) to the function \(g\). If \(C\neq\varnothing\), then one of the following occurs: (a) \(g\) is the restriction of some Möbius map to \(C\) and \(C = h(V\cup \{\infty\})\) for some Möbius map \(h\), where \(V\) is either \(\{0\}\) or a nontrivial subspace of \(\mathbb R^k\) not of dimension \(k- 1\); (b) \(C =\mathbb R^k_\infty\), and \(g\) is constant on the complement of a single point in \(\mathbb R^k_\infty\) but not on \(\mathbb R^k_\infty\); or (c) \(g\) is constant on \(C\).