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On the Poisson Integral of Step Functions and Minimal Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Allen Weitsman*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Inidiana 47907, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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Applications of minimal surface methods are made to obtain information about univalent harmonic mappings. In the case where the mapping arises as the Poisson integral of a step function, lower bounds for the number of zeros of the dilatation are obtained in terms of the geometry of the image.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2002

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