Proper holomorphic maps of plane domains of finite connectivity (Q2907426)

A continuous map \(f: \Omega\to\Omega'\) is said to be proper if \(f^{-1}(K)\) is compact for every compact set \(K\subset\Omega'\). A domain \(\Omega\subset\mathbb C\) is good if it is bounded, \(\partial\Omega\) consists of finitely many connected components \(C_1,\dots,C_n\), and for any open set \(U\subset\mathbb C\) containing any one of the boundary components, say \(C_l\), there exists an open set \(V\), \(C_l\subset V\subset U\), such that \(V\cap\Omega\) is connected. The author gives a simple proof of the known result due to Jenkins and Suita.NEWLINENEWLINETheorem 1.2: Let \(\Omega\) and \(\Omega'\) be any domains of finite connectivity \(\geq3\) in \(\mathbb C\). Then the set of proper holomorphic maps from \(\Omega\) to \(\Omega'\) is finite.NEWLINENEWLINEIn the holomorphic case the author proves the following three theorems.NEWLINENEWLINETheorem 3.1: Let \(\Omega\) be a good domain. Then there are only finitely many proper holomorphic maps onto any circular slit domain of connectivity \(\geq3\).NEWLINENEWLINETheorem 3.2: Let \(\Omega\) be a domain of finite connectivity \(\geq3\). Then there are only finitely many proper holomorphic maps onto any circular slit domain \(\Omega_0\) of connectivity \(\geq3\).NEWLINENEWLINETheorem 3.3: Let \(\Omega\), \(\Omega'\) be bounded domains of finite connectivity \(\geq3\) in \(\mathbb C\) and suppose \(\Omega'\) contains at least one boundary component which is not a singleton. Then the set of proper holomorphic maps from \(\Omega\) to \(\Omega'\) is finite.