Quadratic growth of Schwarz--Christoffel primitives and ends of opening 2π #
Write M = ∑ i, e i * a i and C = (M ^ 2 - ∑ i, e i * a i ^ 2) / 2. When the total turning
exponent is 1, the Schwarz--Christoffel primitive has the expansion
F(z) = z ^ 2 / 2 - M * z + C * log z + c + o(1)
as z tends to infinity through the whole upper half-plane, including tangential approaches
to the real axis. After subtracting these three terms, the primitive is holomorphic in the
reciprocal coordinate -1 / z at zero.
The same expansion holds for the canonical boundary values on the real axis beyond every
prevertex, with log x on the right and log (-x) + π * I on the left. Consequently the two
outer sides of the normalized boundary are horizontal rays pointing to the right, at the heights
im c and im c + π * C. They are disjoint exactly when C ≠ 0; when C = 0 they overlap,
as for the slit plane z ↦ z ^ 2. Thus π * C is the signed distance between the supporting
lines of the two parallel outer sides of an end of opening 2π, and C ≠ 0 replaces the
outer-ray disjointness condition of the boundary-simplicity criterion.
When C < 0, far out in the upper half-plane, the comparison function
z ^ 2 / 2 - M * z + C * log z takes no value with real part greater than 1 / 2 in a band
strictly between the heights π * C and 0 that stays a fixed distance away from both.
References #
- L. Ahlfors, Complex Analysis, Chapter 6, Section 2.
- T. Driscoll and L. Trefethen, Schwarz--Christoffel Mapping, Chapter 2.
The constant term of a Schwarz--Christoffel primitive at infinity after subtracting its
quadratic, linear and logarithmic terms. It is a genuine limit through the upper half-plane when
the total turning exponent is 1.
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Quadratic asymptotic at infinity. If the total turning exponent is 1, then
F(z) - (z ^ 2 / 2 - M * z + C * log z) has a finite limit through the entire upper
half-plane, where M = ∑ i, e i * a i and C = (M ^ 2 - ∑ i, e i * a i ^ 2) / 2.
Changing the base point translates the quadratic constant by the same constant as the primitive.
Quadratic asymptotics on the boundary #
On the right outer edge, the normalized Schwarz--Christoffel boundary with total exponent
one has the asymptotic x ^ 2 / 2 - M * x + C * log x + c, where c is the quadratic
constant at infinity.
On the left outer edge, the normalized Schwarz--Christoffel boundary with total exponent
one has the asymptotic x ^ 2 / 2 - M * x + C * log (-x) + c + C * π * I. The extra term comes
from the argument π of the principal logarithm's boundary value from the upper half-plane on
the negative real axis.
The outer sides of an end of opening 2π #
The right outer side of a Schwarz--Christoffel boundary with total exponent one lies exactly at the height of the quadratic constant at infinity. Only integrability at its finite endpoint is needed.
The left outer side of a Schwarz--Christoffel boundary with total exponent one lies exactly
π * C above the height of the quadratic constant at infinity, where
C = ((∑ i, e i * a i) ^ 2 - ∑ i, e i * a i ^ 2) / 2. Only integrability at its finite endpoint
is needed.
The outer sides of an end of opening 2π. When the total exponent is one, the two outer
images of the Schwarz--Christoffel boundary are disjoint exactly when the logarithmic
coefficient C = ((∑ i, e i * a i) ^ 2 - ∑ i, e i * a i ^ 2) / 2 is nonzero. Both are horizontal
rays pointing to the right, at heights differing by π * C; when C = 0 they overlap. The finite
prevertices need not be ordered or distinct.
When the total exponent is one and the logarithmic coefficient
((∑ i, e i * a i) ^ 2 - ∑ i, e i * a i ^ 2) / 2 is nonzero, a Schwarz--Christoffel boundary is
simple if bounded sides meet only at consecutive vertices and each outer ray meets the bounded
sides only at its finite endpoint. No additional intersection condition between the outer rays is
needed.
The band omitted by the quadratic comparison function. For real M and C < 0, far out
in the upper half-plane, the comparison function z ^ 2 / 2 - M * z + C * log z takes no value
with real part greater than 1 / 2 and height strictly between π * C + η and -η. Its imaginary
part is (re z - M) * im z + C * arg z; inside the band im z is bounded, so Jordan's inequality
puts arg z near 0 or π, which pushes the imaginary part out of the band.