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    Mapping $\DD^c \intersect \HH$ to $\HH$ via cross-ratios

    E-G55QF

    Area
    Complex Analysis
    Topics
    Conformal Maps, Fractional Linear Transformations
    Status
    draft

    ($\mathbb{D}^c \intersect \mathbb{H}$ to $\mathbb{H}$)

    Find a conformal map from \(\DD^c \intersect \HH\) to \(\HH\) using cross-ratios.

    Solution

    The unit circle and the real line both pass through \(\pm1\), so a fractional linear transformation sending \(-1\to0\) and \(1\to\infty\) sends both to lines through \(0\). Take the cross-ratio sending \((i, -1, 1)\to (1,0,\infty)\):

    This is the cross-ratio \[ f(z) = {z+1\over z-1} {i-1\over i+1} .\]

    The image of \(\DD^c \intersect \HH\) is the 1st quadrant \(\HH \intersect \Re(z) > 0\). Send this to \(\HH\) with \(z\mapsto z^2\).