Meromorphic extendibility and the argument principle

DOI10.5565/PUBLMAT_52108_08MaRDI QIDQ932953zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Josip Globevnik

Publication date 21 July 2008

Published in Publicacions Matemàtiques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0612031, https://eudml.org/doc/42268

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary value problems in the complex plane (30E25)

Abstract: Let U be the open unit disc in C. Given a continuous function g: bU --> C-{0} denote by W(g) the winding number of g around the origin. We prove that a continuous function f: bU --> C extends meromorphically through U if and only if there is a nonnegative integer N such that W(Pf+Q) is greater than or equal to -N for every pair P,Q of polynomials such that Pf+Q has no zero on bU. If this is the case then the meromorphic extension of f has at most N poles in U, counting multiplicity.

Review text

This paper is devoted to considering meromorphic extendability in terms of the argument principle. The author proved in [Contemp. Math. 382, 171--175 (2005; Zbl 1083.30036)] that a continuous function \(f:\partial D\rightarrow \mathbb{C}\) on the boundary of the unit disc extends holomorphically through \(D\) if and only if the winding number \(\mathcal{W}(f+Q)\) for \(f+Q\) around the origin is \(\geq 0\) for every polynomial \(Q\) having no zeros on \(\partial D\). This result is now extended to the meromorphic case as follows: A continuous function \(f:\partial D\rightarrow\mathbb{C}\) extends meromorphically through \(D\) if and only if there is a number \(N\in\mathbb{N}\cup {0}\) such that \(\mathcal{W}(Pg+Q)\geq -N\) for all polynomials \(P,Q\) such that \(Pf+Q\) has no zeros on \(\partial D\). In this situation, the extension of \(f\) has at most \(N\) poles in \(D\), counting multiplicity. Observe that it remains open whether the same conclusion follows if it is only assumed that \(P\equiv 1\). It also remains an open question, whether a suitable subclass of polynomials \(Q\) would be sufficient to imply the claim in the holomorphic case.

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