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A single point is conformally removable

Statement

Every finite subset P⊆C^ is globally conformally removable: if a homeomorphism F:C^→C^ is conformal on C^∖P, then F is a Möbius transformation. In particular, every singleton {p} is conformally removable. Moreover, Hχ1(P)=0, so finite sets illustrate the zero-length case.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A finite set P⊆C^ and a homeomorphism F:C^→C^ conformal off P.

[F1]

A compact set is globally conformally removable exactly when every sphere homeomorphism conformal on its complement is Möbius. (Conformal removability of compact sets)

[F2]
[F3]

A function holomorphic on a punctured disc extends holomorphically across its centre if it is bounded on some punctured neighborhood; the extension value is the finite limit. (Characterizations of removable singularities, Isolated singularities: removable, poles, and essential singularities)

[F4]

Holomorphy on the sphere is defined in its standard finite and reciprocal charts, and holomorphy of a map between Riemann surfaces is chartwise. (The standard holomorphic charts on the Riemann sphere, with holomorphy and poles at infinity, Holomorphic maps and meromorphic functions on Riemann surfaces)

[F6]

Every biholomorphic self-map of the sphere is Möbius. (Every biholomorphic self-map of the Riemann sphere is Möbius)

[F7]

Hausdorff measure is defined by small-diameter covers and is monotone under inclusion; the chordal metric is a metric on the sphere. (Unnormalised Hausdorff measure, The chordal metric on the Riemann sphere)

Proof

technique · direct, by removing the isolated singularities in local sphere charts
1.1F2givenchoosecases

If P=∅, F is already holomorphic on the whole sphere. Otherwise fix an arbitrary p∈P, put q=F(p), and choose Möbius maps A,B by A(z)=z−p when p∈C, A(z)=1/z when p=∞, and B(w)=w−q when q∈C, B(w)=1/w when q=∞; then G:=B∘F∘A−1 is a sphere homeomorphism, holomorphic off the finite set A(P), with G(0)=0.

2.1F2F4step 1.1givenchoose

By continuity of G at 0 and G(0)=0, choose r>0 so that {∣z∣<r}∩A(P)={0} and on ∣z∣<r the map G takes values in the finite target chart and ∣G(z)∣<1. Thus the scalar chart expression g(z)=G(z) is holomorphic on 0<∣z∣<r, bounded there, and has limit 0 at the puncture.

3.1F2F3F4step 1.1step 2.1

Apply [F3] to extend g holomorphically across 0 with value 0=G(0). The extension agrees with the original map by continuity, so G is holomorphic at 0 as a sphere map. Since A and B are biholomorphic, F=B−1∘G∘A is holomorphic at the arbitrary point p.

4.1F4F5givenstep 3.1

Repeating the pointwise argument for every p∈P shows that F is holomorphic on the whole sphere. In any source and target charts, a sufficiently small connected chart neighborhood gives an injective holomorphic map; [F5] makes its local inverse holomorphic. These local inverses are the chart expressions of the global inverse homeomorphism, so F is biholomorphic.

5.1F1F6step 1.1step 4.1

By [F6], F is Möbius; [F1] therefore says that the finite compact set P is globally conformally removable. This includes the singleton case, and the empty-set case from step 1.1.

6.1F7givenalgebra∎

If P=∅, its Hausdorff measure is zero by the empty cover. If P has n≥1 points, then for every δ,ε>0 cover each point by a chordal ball of radius r<min⁡(δ/3,ε/(3n)); each ball has diameter at most 2r<δ and the sum of the n diameters is less than ε. By [F7] and the definition of H1, Hχ1(P)=0.

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