Conformal maps of the upper half-plane onto polygonal domains #
A polygonal domain is described here by its local geometry at its boundary points: near a
boundary point w that is not a vertex the domain U coincides with an open half-plane
{z | 0 < ((z - q) / b).im}, and near the vertex v i it coincides with the open sector of
opening (e i + 1) * π at v i. Both convex and reentrant vertices are allowed.
Let f be a holomorphic bijection of the upper half-plane onto such a domain U that extends to
a continuous injection of the closed upper half-plane, with prevertices f (a i) = v i, and that
tends at infinity to a boundary point p of U which is not a vertex and is not a boundary value
of f. These are the properties that Carathéodory's boundary correspondence supplies for a
Riemann map of a polygon, once it is transported to the upper half-plane with infinity sent to a
boundary point that is not a vertex; that transport is not carried out here.
An unbounded polygonal domain has, besides finitely many vertices, a vertex at infinity:
far from some point c it coincides with the open sector {|arg ((z - c) / b)| < β * π / 2} of
opening β * π, where 0 < β < 2, so that its two unbounded sides lie on lines through c. For
such a domain the map f is instead required to tend to infinity at infinity, so that the point
at infinity of the half-plane is the prevertex of the vertex at infinity. The vertex at infinity
may also have opening 0: far from c the domain coincides with the open half-strip
{0 < re ((z - c) / b), 0 < im ((z - c) / b) < π}, whose two unbounded sides are parallel rays.
It may also have opening 2: far from c the domain coincides with the exterior of the closed
half-strip {0 ≤ re ((z - c) / b), 0 ≤ im ((z - c) / b) ≤ π}, so that its two parallel
unbounded sides point the same way and the domain surrounds the half-strip between them.
That a Riemann map of such a domain has these properties is not established here.
This file derives from these global conditions the local side and corner conditions of
TauCeti.eqOn_const_mul_schwarzChristoffelPrimitive_add_of_polygonal_boundary, together with the
limit of z * f''(z) / f'(z) at infinity, which is -2 in the bounded case, β - 1 for a sector
at infinity, -1 for a half-strip, and 1 for the exterior of a half-strip, and so proves that
such an f is an affine image of the normalized Schwarz--Christoffel primitive for the
prevertices a i and the turning exponents e i. The only geometric input is local: a boundary
value of f lies on the frontier of U, and near a side or a vertex, or far out along an
unbounded side, that frontier lies on the bounding line or on the two bounding rays.
Main results #
TauCeti.eqOn_const_mul_schwarzChristoffelPrimitive_add_of_polygonal_domain-- a conformal map of the upper half-plane onto a polygonal domain, continuous and injective up to the real axis and tending to a side at infinity, is an affine image of the Schwarz--Christoffel primitive.TauCeti.exponent_sum_eq_neg_two_of_polygonal_domain-- the turning exponents of such a polygonal domain sum to-2: its interior angles sum to(n - 2) * π.TauCeti.eqOn_const_mul_schwarzChristoffelPrimitive_add_of_unbounded_polygonal_domain-- a conformal map of the upper half-plane onto an unbounded polygonal domain, continuous and injective up to the real axis and tending to infinity at infinity, is an affine image of the Schwarz--Christoffel primitive.TauCeti.exponent_sum_eq_sub_one_of_unbounded_polygonal_domain-- the turning exponents of the finite vertices of such a domain sum toβ - 1.TauCeti.eqOn_const_mul_schwarzChristoffelPrimitive_add_of_halfStrip_polygonal_domainandTauCeti.exponent_sum_eq_neg_one_of_halfStrip_polygonal_domain-- the same for a polygonal domain with a half-strip end, whose finite turning exponents sum to-1.TauCeti.eqOn_const_mul_schwarzChristoffelPrimitive_add_of_halfStripExterior_polygonal_domainandTauCeti.exponent_sum_eq_one_of_halfStripExterior_polygonal_domain-- the same for a polygonal domain whose end is the exterior of a half-strip, whose finite turning exponents sum to1.
References #
- L. Ahlfors, Complex Analysis, Ch. 6, Section 2.
- T. Driscoll and L. Trefethen, Schwarz--Christoffel Mapping, Ch. 2.
Boundary values of a conformal map onto U #
The Schwarz--Christoffel formula #
The Schwarz--Christoffel formula for a conformal map onto a polygonal domain. Let U
coincide near each boundary point that is not a vertex with an open half-plane, and near the
vertex v i with the open sector of opening (e i + 1) * π at v i. Let f be holomorphic on
the upper half-plane, map it onto U, and extend to a continuous injection of the closed upper
half-plane with f (a i) = v i; suppose also that f z tends at infinity to a point p which
is not a value of f on the closed upper half-plane. Then throughout the upper half-plane
f z = (f'(z₀) / integrand(z₀)) * F z + f z₀,
where F is the normalized Schwarz--Christoffel primitive for the prevertices a and the turning
exponents e.
The angle sum of a polygonal domain. Under the hypotheses of
TauCeti.eqOn_const_mul_schwarzChristoffelPrimitive_add_of_polygonal_domain, the turning exponents
sum to -2. Equivalently, the interior angles (e i + 1) * π of the polygon sum to
(n - 2) * π, where n is the number of vertices.
The Schwarz--Christoffel formula for a conformal map onto an unbounded polygonal domain.
Let U coincide near each boundary point that is not a vertex with an open half-plane, near the
vertex v i with the open sector of opening (e i + 1) * π at v i, and far from a point c
with the open sector {|arg ((z - c) / b)| < β * π / 2} of opening β * π, where 0 < β < 2:
so U has, besides the finite vertices, a vertex at infinity between two unbounded sides on lines
through c. Let f be holomorphic on the upper half-plane, map it onto U, and extend to a
continuous injection of the closed upper half-plane with f (a i) = v i; suppose also that f z
tends to infinity at infinity. Then throughout the upper half-plane
f z = (f'(z₀) / integrand(z₀)) * F z + f z₀,
where F is the normalized Schwarz--Christoffel primitive for the prevertices a and the turning
exponents e.
The angle sum of an unbounded polygonal domain. Under the hypotheses of
TauCeti.eqOn_const_mul_schwarzChristoffelPrimitive_add_of_unbounded_polygonal_domain, the
turning exponents of the finite vertices sum to β - 1. Equivalently, the finite vertices of the
polygon, of interior angles (e i + 1) * π, together with the vertex at infinity of opening
β * π, have interior angles summing to (n - 2) * π when the vertex at infinity is assigned the
angle -β * π, where n is the number of vertices including the one at infinity.
The Schwarz--Christoffel formula for a conformal map onto a polygonal domain with a
half-strip end. Let U coincide near each boundary point that is not a vertex with an open
half-plane, near the vertex v i with the open sector of opening (e i + 1) * π at v i, and far
from a point c with the open half-strip {0 < re ((z - c) / b), 0 < im ((z - c) / b) < π}: so
U has, besides the finite vertices, a vertex at infinity of opening 0 between two parallel
unbounded sides. Let f be holomorphic on the upper half-plane, map it onto U, and extend to a
continuous injection of the closed upper half-plane with f (a i) = v i; suppose also that f z
tends to infinity at infinity. Then throughout the upper half-plane
f z = (f'(z₀) / integrand(z₀)) * F z + f z₀,
where F is the normalized Schwarz--Christoffel primitive for the prevertices a and the turning
exponents e.
The angle sum of a polygonal domain with a half-strip end. Under the hypotheses of
TauCeti.eqOn_const_mul_schwarzChristoffelPrimitive_add_of_halfStrip_polygonal_domain, the
turning exponents of the finite vertices sum to -1: this is the opening β = 0 case of
TauCeti.exponent_sum_eq_sub_one_of_unbounded_polygonal_domain.
The Schwarz--Christoffel formula for a conformal map onto a polygonal domain whose end is
the exterior of a half-strip. Let U coincide near each boundary point that is not a vertex
with an open half-plane, near the vertex v i with the open sector of opening (e i + 1) * π at
v i, and far from a point c with the exterior of the closed half-strip
{0 ≤ re ((z - c) / b), 0 ≤ im ((z - c) / b) ≤ π}: so U has, besides the finite vertices, a
vertex at infinity of opening 2 * π between two parallel unbounded sides pointing the same
way. Let f be holomorphic on the upper half-plane, map it onto U, and extend to a continuous
injection of the closed upper half-plane with f (a i) = v i; suppose also that f z tends to
infinity at infinity. Then throughout the upper half-plane
f z = (f'(z₀) / integrand(z₀)) * F z + f z₀,
where F is the normalized Schwarz--Christoffel primitive for the prevertices a and the turning
exponents e.
The angle sum of a polygonal domain whose end is the exterior of a half-strip. Under the
hypotheses of
TauCeti.eqOn_const_mul_schwarzChristoffelPrimitive_add_of_halfStripExterior_polygonal_domain,
the turning exponents of the finite vertices sum to 1: this is the opening β = 2 case of
TauCeti.exponent_sum_eq_sub_one_of_unbounded_polygonal_domain.