 Power-product map to a slit half-plane

For $0<k<1$, principal upper-half-plane branches give a conformal map onto the upper half-plane cut along $[0,\tau ]$, where $\tau =2k^k(1-k{)}^{1-k}{e}^{i\pi k}$. Its derivative is $(z-1+2k)(z-1{)}^{k-1}(z+1{)}^{-k}$. The two prevertices $-1,1$ map to the slit base, and $1-2k$ maps to its tip. Boundary traversal goes out along the slit and back, while $g(z)=z+1-2k+O(1/z)$ at infinity. The argument principle gives one preimage of every point off the slit.