Multipoint Julia theorems (Q2075662)

The author uses the iterated hyperbolic difference quotients to prove a multipoint Julia lemma in the context of the Schwarz-Pick lemma. This follows some ideas from Beardon-Minda, Baribeau-Rivard-Wegert. As applications, the author gives a sharp estimate from below of the angular derivative at a boundary point, generalizing the results due to Osserman, Mercer and others; and also proves a generalization to multiple fixed points of an interesting estimate due to Cowen and Pommerenke. These applications show that iterated hyperbolic difference quotients and multipoint Julia lemmas can be useful tools for exploring in a systematic way the influence of higher order derivatives on the boundary behaviour of holomorphic self-maps of the unit disk.