Level curve configurations and conformal equivalence of meromorphic functions

DOI10.1007/S40315-015-0111-5zbMATH Open1318.30087arXiv1310.7122OpenAlexW3099439049MaRDI QIDQ2355293FDOQ2355293

Authors: Trevor Richards 

Publication date: 22 July 2015

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

Abstract: Let $f=B_1/B_2$ be a ratio of finite Blaschke products having no critical points on $partialmathbbD$. Then $f$ has finitely many critical level curves (level curves containing critical points of $f$) in the disk, and the non-critical level curves interpolate smoothly between the critical level curves. Thus, to understand the geometry of all the level curves of $f$, one needs only understand the finitely many critical level curves of $f$. In this paper, we show that in fact such a function $f$ is determined not just geometrically but conformally by the configuration of critical level curves. That is, if $f_1$ and $f_2$ have the same configuration of critical level curves, then there is a conformal map $phi$ such that $f_{1}equiv{f}_{2}circphi$. We then show that every configuration of critical level curves which could come from an analytic function is instantiated by a polynomial. We also include a new proof of a theorem of B^{o}cher (which is an extension of the Gauss--Lucas theorem to rational functions) using level curves.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.7122

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zbMATH Keywords

Blaschke productsconformal mappings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of conformal mappings (30C35) Blaschke products (30J10)

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