Maximum principles for multivalued analytic functions

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The function f(z)f(z) is supposed to be regular in the multiply connected closed domain D\mathfrak {D} and ∣f(z)∣\left|f(z)\right| single-valued in D\mathfrak {D}. [f(z)f(z) is not necessarily single-valued.] The absolute value ∣f(z)∣\left|f(z)\right| attains its maximum at a boundary point of D\mathfrak {D}. The maximum cannot be attained at an inner point of D\mathfrak {D} unless f(z)f(z) is a constant.

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The function f(z)f(z) is supposed to be regular on that piece of the Riemann surface of log⁡z\log z that covers the annulus 0<∣z∣≤10<\left|z\right|\leq 1. If f(z)f(z) is bounded and in particular if ∣f(z)∣≤1\left|f(z)\right|\leq 1 for ∣z∣=1\left|z\right|=1 then ∣f(z)∣≤1\left|f(z)\right|\leq 1 in the entire domain.

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References

[PóSz98] Pólya G., Szegő G. Problems and Theorems in Analysis. Springer, 1998.