On a theorem of Beardon and Maskit.
A relatively simple proof is given for Haimo's theorem that a meromorphic function with suitably controlled Schwarzian derivative is a concave mapping. More easily verified conditions are found to imply Haimo's criterion, which is now shown to be sharp. It is proved that Haimo's functions map the unit disk onto the outside of an asymptotically conformal Jordan curve, thus ruling out the presence of corners.
We give a quasiconformal version of the proof for the classical Lindelöf theorem: Let f map the unit disk D conformally onto the inner domain of a Jordan curve C. Then C is smooth if and only if arh f'(z) has a continuous extension to D. Our proof does not use the Poisson integral representation of harmonic functions in the unit disk.
Let denote the class of functions univalent and holomorphic in the unit disc . In the paper we obtain an estimate of the functional in the class for arbitrarily fixed and . Hence, for some special values of the parameters, we obtain estimates of several interesting functionals and numerous applications. A few open problems of a similar type are also formulated.
Let denote the class of functions univalent and holomorphic in the unit disc . In the paper we obtain a sharp estimate of the functional in the class for an arbitrary .