Let and consider holomorphic functions from the unit disc into , normalized by . Their largest possible derivative modulus is . Lift to its holomorphic logarithm with , so . The function maps the disc into itself and fixes zero. The Schwarz lemma gives . Equality holds precisely forHere is its holomorphic branch vanishing at zero; is a conformal map from the disc onto the vertical strip. Thus the maximal derivative modulus is attained, with a circle of distinct extremizers rather than a unique map.
A holomorphic function between hyperbolic Riemann surfaces lifts to a disk map. If the lift is not an automorphism, strict Schwarz-Pick lemma derivative inequality makes every nonconstant geodesic shorter. Equality of distance for one distinct pair therefore forces the map to be a covering map and a local isometry. Covering maps attain equality for sufficiently close pairs in a single lift of a small convex metric ball; they need not preserve all global distances. A punctured disk covers a thrice-punctured sphere by including a cyclic parabolic subgroup into , so equality is possible in that example.
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For holomorphic functions with , put . Their possible values at form the closed disc with centre and radius . Indeed with holomorphic ; all constant choices of in the closed unit disc are admissible. Completing the square in the displayed pseudohyperbolic inequality gives the centre and radius.
Zero location bound from Schwarz-Pick 2026-10-14
If a holomorphic function on the unit disc satisfies and , the Schwarz-Pick lemma applied to gives . Equality for a nonzero central value forces a scaled automorphism of the unit disk. If extends past the unit circle and is smaller than its minimum boundary modulus, the maximum modulus principle applied to proves that a zero occurs inside the circle.
Power-product map to a slit half-plane 2026-10-14
For , principal upper-half-plane branches give a conformal map onto the upper half-plane cut along , where . Its derivative is . The two prevertices map to the slit base, and maps to its tip. Boundary traversal goes out along the slit and back, while at infinity. The argument principle gives one preimage of every point off the slit.
Prevertex of a Schwarz-Christoffel map Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-10-31
A boundary point of the source half-plane that maps to a polygon vertex. If that corner has angle , the Schwarz-Christoffel mapping has local behavior at its prevertex, so the derivative has exponent . Infinity may also be a prevertex, expressed in the local coordinate .
Skew Schur function 2026-10-14
Sum the weight monomials of all Semistandard Young tableaux on the skew Young diagram , with weak rows and strict columns. A Bender-Knuth involution interchanges the counts of adjacent letters without changing the shape, so the sum is a symmetric function. Taking empty gives the Schur function.
Bialternant formula Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-10-20
Let and . Multiply the Jacobi–Trudi identity matrix by . The generating-function identity makes the product matrix . Setting shows , proving the formula as a polynomial identity.
Memoryless quantum information source 2026-10-14
A pure-state source emits independent states from a fixed quantum state ensemble. Its average block density operator is the tensor power of the one-use average. Unassisted reliable quantum source compression preserves the emitted quantum states, rather than only their classical labels. Schumacher compression gives the optimum asymptotic qubit rate for such a source, with every larger rate achievable. Nonorthogonal equally likely pure states need not have entropy one: their classical labels have entropy one but their average density operator can have lower Von Neumann entropy.
Roth's theorem 2026-10-14
If is a real algebraic irrational number and , thenhas only finitely many reduced rational solutions .
Block sequence 2026-10-14
Relative to a Schauder basis, a block sequence consists of nonzero finitely supported vectors with successive disjoint supports: . It is a basic sequence, with basis constant at most that of the original basis.
Block basic sequence Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-10-31
Relative to a Schauder basis , a block basic sequence consists of nonzero finite combinations supported on successive disjoint coordinate intervals. In the l-p sequence space, disjointly supported vectors of norm one satisfy . Their closed span is consequently isometric to the l-p sequence space.
Optical theorem Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-10-25
Write the S-matrix as . Unitarity gives , so the diagonal forward matrix element obeys . Thus the imaginary part of a forward scattering amplitude measures the total inclusive transition rate. For an electromagnetic source, the hadronic electromagnetic-current spectral density supplies the inclusive spectral sum.
Scalar dissipation rate 2026-10-14
With this half-variance convention, the unforced scalar equation gives in a homogeneous incompressible flow. Authors defining dissipation of the full variance instead use . Stating the convention is necessary when relating the dissipation rate to a scalar structure function.
Newtonian gauge 2026-10-14
Newtonian gauge removes scalar shear and writes scalar metric perturbations in terms of gravitational potentials. The fluid Euler equation then contains an explicit gradient of the Newtonian potential.
Electron fugacity in the Saha equation Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-11-05
For classical nondegenerate electrons, the free-particle Boltzmann occupancy has the form , with chemical potential measured relative to its rest energy. Counting the two spin states in phase space gives . A bound level of energy has relative occupancy against its parent ion. Eliminating gives the level-specific Saha ionization equation.
Higher-order saddle test Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-10-18
Suppose a function near a critical point has Taylor expansion , where is its first nonzero homogeneous polynomial term. If takes both positive and negative values on directions, then is a saddle point of a scalar function. Indeed, on rays the leading term is ; for each chosen direction its sign dominates the remainder for small positive . This works even when the Hessian matrix is zero. For example, is negative on and positive on , hence detects a saddle despite having degree four.
When a saddle-node lies on a returning invariant circle, removing the equilibria creates passage around a periodic orbit through a slow bottleneck. For with , crossing a fixed interval takes . If the remaining orbit takes bounded time, this is also its leading period. Strong transverse contraction makes the newborn periodic orbit attracting. This global saddle-node mechanism differs from a local fold occurring away from an already existing cycle.
Squarefree-part bound for smooth numbers Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-11-05
Let be a finite set of prime numbers and let count S-smooth numbers , where . Each such has a unique expression , where is a positive squarefree integer and is a positive integer. Split every prime exponent into its parity and an even remainder to obtain this decomposition.
Every prime factor of belongs to , so is the product of a subset of , giving at most possibilities. Also . Ignoring further restrictions on only increases the count, provingIn particular, each fixed finite-prime family has natural density zero. This differs from allowing the smoothness bound, and hence the prime set, to grow with .
Jost function Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-11-05
For radial quantum scattering, the incoming coefficient of the regular solution defines the Jost function, with convention . A zero at , , removes the exponentially growing component and produces a bound state, subject to regularity and normalizability. Poles of the outgoing numerator alone need not produce bound states.
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