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Math 6420 • PDE

Spring 2004 • Question 10

Consider the bilinear transformation \[ \omega =\frac {az+b}{cz+d},\qquad ad-bc\ne 0. \]

  1. Show that this transformation maps circles to circles.
  2. Show that the bilinear transformations form a group.
  3. In the case \((a,b,c,d)=(1,-i,1,i)\) show that the upper-half plane is mapped on to the unit disc.

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Consider the bilinear transformation
\[
  \omega=\frac{az+b}{cz+d},\qquad ad-bc\ne0.
\]
\begin{enumerate}
\item[(a)] Show that this transformation maps circles to circles.
\item[(b)] Show that the bilinear transformations form a group.
\item[(c)] In the case \((a,b,c,d)=(1,-i,1,i)\) show that the upper-half plane is mapped on
to the unit disc.
\end{enumerate}