On the boundary distortion under conformal mapping (Q4354201)

We denote by \(S\) the class of analytic and univalent functions \(f\) in \(|z|<1\), \(f(0)= f'(0)-1=0\). Let \(\Gamma_f\) be the corresponding image of a fixed closed arc \(\Gamma\) of \(|z|=1\) under \(f\in S\), and let \(\text{cap }\Gamma_f\) be the capacity of \(\Gamma_f\). In this paper we investigate the following three extremum problems: \[ \sup_{f\in S} \min_{w\in\Gamma_f}|w|, \qquad \inf_{f\in S} \max_{w\in\Gamma_f}|w|\quad\text{ and }\quad \inf_{f\in S} \text{cap }\Gamma_f. \] We modify the method of inner variation due to Goluzin and apply it to derive a differential equation for an extremal function. The relationships to other extremum problems are established.