Estimates on Bloch constants for planar harmonic mappings (Q5920455)

The author proves the following ``Schwarz lemma'' for harmonic mappings (complex harmonic functions): Assume that \(f\) is a harmonic mapping on the unit disk \(D\) with \(f(0)=0\) and \(f(D)\subset D\). Then for \(z\in D\), \[ \Lambda_f(z):=| f_z| +| f_{\bar{z}}| \leq \frac{4(1+| f(z)| }{\pi(1-| z| ^2)}, \] with equality for \(f(z)=\frac{2}{\pi}\arctan\frac{2y}{1-x^2-y^2}.\) The author uses this result to improve various estimates for the injectivity radius and for Bloch-type constants for bounded harmonic mappings. Such estimates were previously obtained by \textit{H. Chen, P. M. Gauthier} and \textit{W. Hengartner} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 128, No. 11, 3231--3240 (2000; Zbl 0956.30012)], and by \textit{M. Dorff} and \textit{M. Nowak} [Comput. Methods Funct. Theory 4, No.1, 151--158 (2004; Zbl 1060.30033)]. See also the recent paper of \textit{A. Grigoryan} [Complex Var. Elliptic Equ. 51, No. 1, 81--87 (2006; Zbl 1114.30024)].