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Every automorphism of the disc is a rotated Blaschke factor

Statement

A holomorphic map $f : D \to D$ is an automorphism of $D$ if and only if there exist $a \in D$ and $θ \in R$ such that

$f (z) = e^{i θ} φ_{a} (z) = e^{i θ} \frac{a - z}{1 - \overline{a} z} (z \in D) .$

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A holomorphic self-map $f : D \to D$ .

[F1]

The automorphism group $Aut (D)$ consists of the biholomorphic self-maps of $D$ (Conformal equivalence and the automorphism group of a domain).

[F2]

Every Blaschke factor is an automorphism of $D$ (Blaschke factors are automorphisms of the disc).

[F3]

Equality in Schwarz's lemma characterizes rotations (Schwarz lemma with the equality cases).

Proof

technique · direct

1.1F1F2givenconstruct

Assume first that $f \in Aut (D)$ , and let $a = f^{- 1} (0)$ . By [F2], the map $g : = f \circ φ_{a}$ is an automorphism of $D$ with $g (0) = 0$ .

2.1F1F3step 1.1algebra

Applying [F3] to $g$ and to its inverse $g^{- 1}$ shows $∣ g (z) ∣ \leq ∣ z ∣$ and $∣ z ∣ = ∣ g^{- 1} (g (z)) ∣ \leq ∣ g (z) ∣$ for every $z \in D$ , so $∣ g (z) ∣ = ∣ z ∣$ throughout $D$ . Hence [F3] forces $g (z) = e^{i θ} z$ for some real $θ$ .

3.1F1F2step 2.1algebra∎

Therefore $f (z) = g (φ_{a} (z)) = e^{i θ} φ_{a} (z)$ . Conversely, if $f (z) = e^{i θ} φ_{a} (z)$ , then the rotation $z \mapsto e^{i θ} z$ and the Blaschke factor $φ_{a}$ are automorphisms, so [F2] and [F1] make $f$ an automorphism.

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Sources

Elias M. Stein and Rami Shakarchi, Complex Analysis, Theorem 2.2 (standard reference, not scraped)
Jiri Lebl, Guide to Cultivating Complex Analysis, Proposition 3.5.3 (standard reference, not scraped)