How constant shifts affect the zeros of certain rational harmonic functions

DOI10.1007/S40315-018-0240-8zbMATH Open1404.31003arXiv1702.07593OpenAlexW3102154044MaRDI QIDQ1634271FDOQ1634271

Authors: Jörg Liesen, Jan Zur 

Publication date: 18 December 2018

Published in: Computational Methods and Function Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the effect of constant shifts on the zeros of rational harmomic functions $f(z)=r(z)-conjz$. In particular, we characterize how shifting through the caustics of $f$ changes the number of zeros and their respective orientations. This also yields insight into the nature of the singular zeros of $f$. Our results have applications in gravitational lensing theory, where certain such functions $f$ represent gravitational point-mass lenses, and a constant shift can be interpreted as the position of the light source of the lens.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.07593

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zbMATH Keywords

zerosrational harmonic functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General questions in astronomy and astrophysics (85A04) Harmonic, subharmonic, superharmonic functions in two dimensions (31A05)

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