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Some remarks on Schottky's theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

W. K. Hayman
Affiliation:
St John's College, Cambridge

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1. We denote by the class of all functions regular in |z| < 1, and never taking the values 0 or 1 in |z| < 1. Then Schottky's(1) theorem states:

Theorem A. Let f(z) = a0 + a1z + … belong to . Then

and hence

where

and the constantsK(a0), K(a0,ρ) depend only on the quantities indicated.

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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1947

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