English

The magic functions and automorphisms of a domain

Complex Variables 2008-07-15 v2 Functional Analysis

Abstract

We introduce the notion of magic functions of a general domain in d-dimensional complex space and show that the set of magic functions of a given domain is an intrinsic complex-geometric object. We determine the set of magic functions of the symmetrised bidisc G, and thereby find all automorphisms of G and a formula for the Caratheodory distance on G.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0709.0096,
  title  = {The magic functions and automorphisms of a domain},
  author = {J. Agler and N. J. Young},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.0096},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

17 pages. This version contains an additional proposition (2.11) and some minor corrections, notably to Propositions 3.6 and 3.7

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