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Length functions of lemniscates

Complex Variables 2009-03-01 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We study metric and analytic properties of generalized lemniscates E_t(f)={z:ln|f(z)|=t}, where f is an analytic function. Our main result states that the length function |E_t(f)| is a bilateral Laplace transform of a certain positive measure. In particular, the function ln|E_t(f)| is convex on any interval free of critical points of ln|f|. As another application we deduce explicit formulas of the length function in some special cases.

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@article{arxiv.math/0306327,
  title  = {Length functions of lemniscates},
  author = {Olga Kuznetsova and Vladimir Tkachev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0306327},
  year   = {2009}
}

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18 pages