A theorem on the regularity of decrease in linearly invariant families of functions (Q2479657)

The regularity of decrease of \(m(r,f')=\min_{| z| =r}| f'(z)| \) in the universal linearly invariant family \(\mathcal U_{\alpha}\) of order \(\alpha\geq1\) is described in Theorem 16 of the article: Let \(f\in\mathcal U_{\alpha}\). Then there exists \(\delta_0\geq1\) and \(\varphi_0\in\mathbb R\) such that \[ \delta_0=\lim_{r\to1-} m(r,f')\frac{(1+r)^{\alpha+1}}{(1-r)^{\alpha-1}}= \lim_{r\to1-} | f'(re^{i\varphi_0})| \frac{(1+r)^{\alpha+1}}{(1-r)^{\alpha-1}}. \] \(\delta_0=1\) only for rotations of \[ f(z)=\frac{-1}{2\alpha} \left[\left( \frac{1-z}{1+z}\right)^{\alpha}-1 \right]. \] Theorem 17 determines a connection between the quickest descent directions \(\varphi_0\) of \(f\in\mathcal U_{\alpha}\) and its linearly invariant transformations. Theorem 19 shows that there are functions \(g_n(z)\in\mathcal U_{\alpha}\), \(\alpha>1\), which have exactly \(n\) intensive descent directions, \(n\geq2\), including the case \(n=\infty\).