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On a Theorem of Bers, with Applications to the Study of Automorphism Groups of Domains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Steven Krantz*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 e-mail: sk@math.wustl.edu
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Abstract

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We study and generalize a classical theoremof L. Bers that classifies domains up to biholomorphic equivalence in terms of the algebras of holomorphic functions on those domains. Then we develop applications of these results to the study of domains with noncompact automorphism group.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2016

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