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Power series

Question:
We know that
if a series converges absolutely at magnitude rr,
then it converges at every zz such that z=r|z|=r.
Is the converse true?
My answer: abs_converse.pdf

ff is even (resp. odd) iff f^\hat{f} is.

f^(ξ)=f(x)e2πixξdx=f(x)e2πi(x)ξdx=±f(x)e2πix(ξ)dx=±f^(ξ) \hat{f}(\xi) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty f(x) e^{-2\pi ix\xi} dx = \int_{-\infty}^\infty f(-x) e^{-2\pi i(-x)\xi} dx = \pm \int_{-\infty}^\infty f(x) e^{-2\pi ix(-\xi)} dx = \pm \hat{f}(-\xi) This proves the     \implies direction.
Similar argument but with Fourier inversion formula proves the     \impliedby direction.

Fixed points of automorphisms of D\mathbb{D}

Denote Ba(z)=az1azB_a(z) = \frac{ a-z }{ 1-\overline{a}z } and recall SS ch 1 ex 7.
Definition: the trivial automorphism of D\mathbb{D} is idD\operatorname{id}_\mathbb{D}.
Definition: a fixed point of a function f:XYf: X \to Y is an xXx \in X such that f(x)=xf(x) = x.

Claim: Let fAut(D)f \in \operatorname{Aut}(\mathbb{D}). If ff is nontrivial, then ff has at most one fixed point in D\mathbb{D}.
Proof:
We prove the contrapositive; assume ff has two distinct fixed points z0,z1Dz_0,z_1 \in \mathbb{D}.
The function g=Bz0fBz0g = B_{z_0} \circ f \circ B_{z_0} fixes 00 and Bz0(z1)B_{z_0}(z_1)
so Schwarz lemma gives g=(zλz)g = (z \mapsto \lambda z) for some λD\lambda \in \partial\mathbb{D},
and we must have λ=1\lambda = 1 since gg fixes Bz0(z1)B_{z_0}(z_1),
hence g=idDg = \operatorname{id}_\mathbb{D}
hence f=Bz0gBz0=idDf = B_{z_0} \circ g \circ B_{z_0} = \operatorname{id}_\mathbb{D}.
QED.

Examples:
If f=(zλz)f = (z \mapsto \lambda z) with 1λD1 \neq \lambda \in \partial\mathbb{D}, then 00 is the unique fixed point of ff because ff is a nontrivial rotation.
If f=Baf = B_a, with aDa \in \mathbb{D}, then ff has a unique fixed point in D\mathbb{D} because the equation Ba(z)=zB_a(z) = z has a unique solution in D\mathbb{D}.
If f=Baf = -B_a, with 0aD0 \neq a \in \mathbb{D}, then ff has no fixed points in D\mathbb{D}; its fixed points are ±aaD\pm \frac{ a }{ |a| } \in \partial\mathbb{D}, since those are the solutions of Ba(z)=z-B_a(z) = z.

Hyperbolic geometry: every nontrivial isometry of the hyperbolic plane has at most one fixed point; this fails for the euclidean plane because of reflections.

Fixed point in D\overline{\mathbb{D}}: the Brouwer fixed point theorem implies that every fAut(D)f \in \operatorname{Aut}(\mathbb{D}) has a fixed point in D\overline{\mathbb{D}} (once ff has been extended holomorphically to an open superset of D\overline{\mathbb{D}}). It would be interesting to see a complex-analytic proof, especially since I don't know how to prove the Brouwer fixed point theorem.

Unresolved question: which fAut(D)f \in \operatorname{Aut}(\mathbb{D}) have no fixed point in D\mathbb{D}?
Maybe they are precisely those ff which have two fixed points in D\partial\mathbb{D}.

Thoughts: The function f=λBaf = \lambda B_a is nonconstant whenever aD,λ0a \notin \partial\mathbb{D}, \lambda\neq0. It's meromorphic on C^\hat{\mathbb{C}}. Let a0a \neq 0; then the quadratic formula shows that ff has exactly two fixed points with multiplicity. They may be equal: let λD\lambda \in \partial\mathbb{D}; then ff has a double fixed point iff 1+λ2a=1 \frac{ |1+\lambda| }{ 2|a| } = 1, and the double fixed point is 1+λ2a\frac{ 1+\lambda }{ 2\overline{a} }. (Note that argλ=2arg(1+λ)\arg \lambda = 2 \arg (1+\lambda); this has a straightedge-and-compass proof.) Let λ1,1\lambda \neq -1,1; those aa solving the equation form a circle centered at 00 with radius 121+λ<1\tfrac{1}{2} | 1+\lambda | < 1.
From this we can see that for any aDa \in \mathbb{D} there exists a unique rotation (zλz)(z \mapsto \lambda z) such that λBa\lambda B_a has a double fixed point on the unit circle (and no other fixed points).
Rouché's theorem might give a little more info.

Solution: Just realized that, whenever λD\lambda \in \partial\mathbb{D} and 0aD0 \neq a \notin \partial\mathbb{D}, the fixed points of λBa\lambda B_a are u(1±1u2) u \left(1 \pm \sqrt{ 1 - |u|^{-2} } \right) where u=1+λ2au = \frac{ 1+\lambda }{ 2\overline{a} }.
This completely resolves the unresolved question; I might use this to write up a cleaner version of this post at some point.

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