On the Boundary Behavior of Conformal Maps

Abstract

Suppose Ω is a simply connected domain which is mapped conformally onto a disk. A much studied problem is the behavior of the mapping function at an accessible boundary point P of Ω, in particular the question, under what conditions the map is ‘ “conformai” at such a point (a) in the sense that angles are preserved as P is approached from Ω (“semi-conformality” at P) and (b) the dilatation at P is finite and positive. In his fundamental paper [8] in 1936, A. Ostrowski established a necessary and sufficient condition (depending on the geometry of the domain only) for the validity of the first property which subsumes all previous results and establishes a definitive solution of this problem.