The angular derivative problem for petals of one-parameter semigroups in the unit disk (Q6548264)

Let \((\phi_t)_{t\geq 0}\) be a one-parameter semigroup of holomorphic self-maps of the unit disk \({\mathbb D}\). A continuous curve \(\gamma\colon[0,\infty)\to {\mathbb D}\) is called a \textit{backward orbit} if \(\phi_s(\gamma(t))=\gamma(t-s)\) for \(0<s<t\). Let \({\mathcal W}\) be the set of all points \(z\in{\mathbb D}\) for which there exists a backward orbit \(\gamma\) such that \(\gamma(0)=z\). Equivalently, \({\mathcal W}=\bigcap_{t\geq 0} \phi_t({\mathbb D})\). The components of the interior of \({\mathcal W}\) are called \textit{petals}. All backward orbits in such a petal converge to the same point on \(\partial{\mathbb D}\), which is a boundary fixed point of the \(\phi_t\). It is called the \(\alpha\)-point of the petal.\N\NThis paper is concerned with the question when such a petal is conformal at the \(\alpha\)-point. Here one has to distinguish the cases whether the \(\alpha\)-point coincides with the Denjoy-Wolff point or not. In the first case, the petal is called parabolic. In the second case, it is called hyperbolic. The main result gives a necessary and sufficient condition for a hyperbolic petal to be conformal in terms of the hyperbolic metric. In the parabolic case such a condition is given in terms of the associated Koenigs function.