Second coefficient bound for normalized univalent functions ($|a_2|\le 2$)

The odd square-root transform of a normalized univalent function has reciprocal exterior expansion $1/h(1/\zeta )=\zeta -(a_2/2){\zeta }^{-1}+\cdots$. Its first negative Laurent coefficient has modulus at most one by the area theorem for univalent functions, proving the bound. If $w$ is omitted by $f$, the normalized map $wf/(w-f)$ has second coefficient $a_2+1/w$. Applying the bound twice gives $|1/w|\le 4$, the Koebe quarter theorem.