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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 iii Paper 36 1 a Solution by
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Write . By definition of a compact H-hull, is a proper simply connected domain, and it agrees with the complex upper half-plane outside a sufficiently large disc. The Riemann mapping theorem supplies a conformal isomorphism . Choose its boundary normalization so that the prime end at infinity maps to infinity. This prime end is unambiguous because the domain has an ordinary straight real boundary near infinity.
The Schwarz reflection principle, applied there in the coordinate , extends across the real boundary near infinity. It has a simple pole there, with Laurent seriesThe pole is simple because the reflected map is locally conformal at infinity; its leading coefficient is positive because it maps the upper side to the upper side. Postcomposing with the half-plane automorphism givesThis is hydrodynamic normalization at infinity.
If both satisfy it, is a conformal automorphism of the upper half-plane. The asymptotics force it to fix infinity, so it has the form with and . The same asymptotics force , . Hence the normalized mapping-out function exists and is unique. The argument requires reflection only outside a large disc, not regularity of the hull's entire boundary.
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