In this note we study the Schwarz lemma and inequalities for some holomorphic functions on the unit disc. Also, we obtain the inequality of the derivative of holomorphic maps at a boundary point of the unit disc and find a holomorphic map to satisfy the equality.
1. Introduction
One of the very basic theorems in complex analysis is the following Schwarz lemma
[4]
.
Theorem 1.1
(Schwarz Lemma)
.
Let f be a holomorphic function of the open unit disc U
= {
z
∈ ℂ : |
z
| < 1}
into U with f
(0) = 0.
Then
|
f
′(0)| ≤ 1
and
|
f(z)
| ≤ |
z
|
for all z
∈
U with the equality only for f(z)
=
eiθz with real θ
.
If, in addition,
f
has multiple zeroes at
z
= 0, then the Schwarz lemma results in the following (see
[7]
).
Corollary 1.2.
Let f be a holomorphic function of U into U with f
(0) =
f
′(0) = … =
f
(n−1)
(0) = 0.
Then
|
f(z)
| ≤ |
z
|
n
for all
|
z
| < 1
with the equality only for f(z)
=
eiθzn with real θ
.
More generally, the Schwarz lemma can be applied to a function with the information
f
(
α
) =
β
for some
α, β
with |
α
| < 1, |
β
| < 1 instead of
f
(0) = 0 and it is called the Schwarz-Pick lemma
[2]
.
Corollary 1.3
(Schwarz-Pick Lemma)
.
Let f be a holomorphic function of U into U with f(α)
=
β for some α, β with
|
α
| < 1, |
β
| < 1.
Then
for
|
α
| < 1.
If
f
in Corollary 1.3 fixes
α
, then |
f
′(
α
)| ≤ 1. Note that the equality in the above corollary holds only for Möbius transformation mapping the open unit disc into itself.
The Schwarz lemma looks a simple result, but it is highly influential in the function theory of the complex analysis. It is used to get properties of holomorphic functions of the unit disc into itself at a boundary point of the unit disc. For historical background about the Schwarz lemma and its applications on the boundary of the unit disc, we refer to Boas
[1]
. In
[3]
, we find a holomorphic self map defined on the closed unit disc with fixed points only on the boundary of the unit disc.
Now, our concern is for holomorphic functions mapping the unit disc into itself at a boundary point of the unit disc. From the Schwarz lemma, it is known that if a holomorphic function
f
of the unit disc into itself with
f
(0) = 0 extends continuously to a boundary point
z
0
with |
z
0
| = 1, |
f
(
z
0
)| = 1, and
f
′(
z
0
) exists, then |
f
′(
z
0
)| ≥ 1. The following theorem called the boundary Schwarz lemma can be found in
[6]
.
Theorem 1.4
(The boundary Schwarz Lemma)
.
Let f be a holomorphic function of U into U with f
(0) = 0.
Assume that for some point z
0
with
|
z
0
| = 1,
f extends continuously to z
0
, |
f
(
z
0
)| = 1,
and f
′(
z
0
)
exists. Then
and hence
The equality in (1.2) holds if and only if f(z) = zeiθ for some real θ
.
If, in addition, the function f has the property f
(0) =
f
′(0) = … =
f
(n−1)
(0) = 0,
n
∈ ℕ,
then
The equality in (1.3) holds if and only if f(z) = zneiθ for some real θ
.
Remark 1.5.
Under the same hypothesis as in Theorem 1.4 except
f
(0) = 0, Osserman
[6]
showed that the following inequality
holds where
F(z)
=
instead of the inequality (1.1).
The assumption in Theorem 1.4 that
f
extends continuously to
z
0
with |
z
0
| = 1, |
f
(
z
0
)| = 1, and
f
′(
z
0
) exists can be changed to the assumption that
f
has a radial limit
w
0
at
z
0
with |
z
0
| = 1, |
w
0
| = 1,
f
has a radial derivative at
z
0
. (see
[6]
).
Recently, Örnek
[5]
proved the following inequality at a boundary point of the unit disc.
Theorem 1.6.
Let f be a holomorphic function in U with f
(0) = 1 and |
f
(
z
)−
∊
| <
∊
for |
z
| < 1 and 1/2 <
∊
≤ 1.
If for some z
0
with
|
z
0
| = 1,
f has an angular limit f
(
z
0
)
at z
0
,
f
(
z
0
) = 2
∊
,
then
Moreover, the equality in (1.5) holds if and only if
for a real θ.
In this paper, we show some inequalities at a boundary point for different form of holomorphic functions and find the condition for equality.
2. The Schwarz Lemma and its Application at a Boundary Point
The Schwarz lemma means that any holomorphic function of the unit disc into itself with zero fixed maps each disc centered at zero into a smaller one. Moreover it maps each disc centered at zero into a strictly smaller one if it is not a rotation. From now on, more generally we consider a holomorphic function with zero not fixed. Örnek
[5]
considered a holomorphic function
f
on
U
with
f
(0) = 1, |
f(z)
− 𝜖| < 𝜖 where 𝜖 > 1/2. We consider a different form of holomorphic functions and get the following proposition by the similar method.
Proposition 2.1.
Let f be a holomorphic function on U satisfying
|
f(z)
− 1| < 1
with f
(0) =
a where
0 <
a
< 2.
Then, f satisfies the inequality
for
|
z
| < 1.
Moreover
,
The equality in (2.1) for some nonzero z
∈
U or in (2.2) holds if and only if
for some real θ.
Proof
. Let
g(z)
=
f(z)
− 1 and let
for
z
∈
U
.
Then
g
and
w
are holomorphic functions on
U
with |
g(z)
| < 1 and |
w(z)
| < 1 for |
z
| < 1 and
w
(0) = 0. Hence
w
satisfies the condition for the Schwarz lemma.
By the Schwarz lemma, |
w(z)
| ≤ |
z
| for |
z
| < 1. Hence,
It implies that
Therefore, we have the inequality (2.1).
On the other hand, the facts that
and |
w
′(0)| ≤ 1 by the Schwarz lemma induce that
Hence, |
f
′(0)| ≤ 1 − (
a
− 1)
2
=
a
(2 −
a
).
The equality in (2.1) for some nonzero
z
∈
U
or in (2.2) holds if and only if
that is,
for some real
θ
. ⧠
Remark 2.2.
From the formula (2.5),
-
|f(z)−a| = |f(z)| −a
-
and |(1 −a)f(z)+a| = |(1 −a)f(z)| +a
should be satisfied at some nonzero point
z
∈
U
that the equality in (2.1) holds, i.e., 0 < a < 1 and
f(z)
is real with a <
f(z)
< 2 at the above nonzero point
z
∈
U
.
Therefore, if f is the function in (2.3) and 0 <
a
< 1, then at some nonzero point
z
∈
U
satisfying a <
f(z)
< 2 the equality in (2.1) holds.
Theorem 2.3.
Let f be a holomorphic function on U satisfying
|
f(z)
−1| < 1 with
f
(0) =
a where
0 <
a
< 2.
Assume that for some z
0
with
|
z
0
| = 1,
f extends continuously to z
0
,
f
(
z
0
) = 2,
and f
′(
z
0
)
exists. Then
The equality in (2.6) holds if and only if
where some real θ satisfies that eiθ
= 1/
z
0
.
Proof
. Let
w
be the function in (2.4). Then
w′(z)
satisfies that
The inequality |
w
′(
z
0
)| ≥ 1 in (1.2) implies that
If |
f
′(
z
0
)| =
, then |
w
′(
z
0
)| = 1 and so by Theorem 1.4,
w(z)
=
zeiθ
for some real
θ
. It means that
for some real
θ
. By the condition
f
(
z
0
) = 2,
-
a(1 +z0eiθ) = 2{1 − (1 −a)z0eiθ}.
Hence,
z
0
eiθ
= 1 and so
θ
satisfies that
eiθ
= 1/
z
0
. Conversely, for the given function
where
θ
satisfies that
eiθ
= 1/
z
0
, the equality in (2.6) holds. ⧠
Remark 2.4.
The inequalities in Proposition 2.1 and Theorem 2.3 with
a
= 1 coincide with the inequalities in Theorem 1.6 and a theorem in Örnek
[5]
with 𝜖 = 1.
Now, we consider a holomorphic function
f
with
f
(0) −
a
=
f
′(0) = … =
f
(n−1)
(0) = 0. A function given by
-
f(z)=a+cnzn+cn+1zn+1+ … ,n∈ ℕ
with
cn
≠ 0, is such a holomorphic function. If we change the role |
w
′(
z
0
)| ≥ 1 by |
w
′(
z
0
)| ≥
n
in the proof of Theorem 2.3, then the following corollary holds.
Corollary 2.5.
Let f be a holomorphic function defined on U by
-
f(z)=a+cnzn+cn+1zn+1+ … ,n≥ 1
satisfying
|
f(z)
− 1| < 1
on U where
0 <
a
< 2
and cn
≠ 0.
Assume that for some
z
0
with
|
z
0
| = 1,
f extends continuously to
z
0
,
f
(
z
0
) = 2,
and
f
′(
z
0
)
exists. Then
The equality in (2.8) holds if and only if
where θ satisfies eiθ
= 1/
.
Proof
. By using the formula of
w
in (2.4),
where
bn
,
b
n+1
, … ∈ ℂ and
bn
=
cn
/{1 − (
a
− 1)
2
} ≠ 0.
Hence,
w
(0) =
w
′(0) = … =
w
(n−1)
(0) = 0. By Theorem 1.4 and (2.7),
holds and we get (2.8). ⧠
The following theorem provides a refined inequality at a boundary point
z
0
than Theorem 2.3. If we apply the inequality (2.2), we find that the following inequality (2.10) implies the inequality (2:6).
Theorem 2.6.
Let f be a holomorphic function on U satisfying
|
f
(
z
)−1| < 1 with
f
(0) =
a where
0 <
a
< 2.
Assume that for some z
0
with
|
z
0
| = 1,
f extends continuously to
z
0
,
f
(
z
0
) = 2,
and
f
′(
z
0
)
exists. Then
The equality in (2.10) holds for the function
with
z
0
= 1
where
b
=
and a
= 1,
i.e
.,
with
z
0
= 1
where
0 ≤ b = |
f
′(0)| ≤ 1.
Proof
. Let
w
be the function in (2.4). By applying the inequality (1.1) to
w′(z)
and the equation (2.7),
Since,
we have
Hence,
For the equality in (2.10), choose arbitrary
b
satisfying 0 ≤
b
≤ 1 and let
Then,
and it implies that
Therefore the equality in (2.10) holds at
z
0
= 1 where
b
=
.
On the other hand,
In order to satisfy that
f
(1) = 2, the condition
a
= 1 should be satisfied. So,
where
b
=
= |
f
′(0)| ≤ 1. ⧠
Remark 2.7.
The function
f
in (2.11) can be represented by the following interesting Mclaurin series at zero.
where 0 ≤
b
= |
f
′(0)| =
f
′(0) ≤ 1 for |
z
| < 1.
-
For example, ifb= 0, thenf(z)= 1 +z2.
-
Ifb= 1, thenf(z)= 1 +z.
-
Ifb=, thenf(z)== 1 +z+z2+ … .
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,
Krantz S.
2002
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