Boundary-angle derivative of a disk automorphism

ID: boundary-angle-derivative-of-a-disk-automorphism

For , the disk automorphism maps the boundary circle to itself. If is a continuous argument of , direct conjugation gives modulo . Differentiating the argument gives
and substitution yields the displayed positive derivative. Its integral over one circuit is , so the boundary map is orientation preserving of degree one. Transforming a uniform exit angle at the centre by its inverse gives the harmonic measure density for a planar Brownian motion started at . This is the Poisson kernel for the unit disk with its probability normalization.

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