Conformal automorphism of disk implies fractional linear transformation

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Statement

Suppose D is the open unit disc in C. Then, any conformal automorphism (a bijective biholomorphic mapping to itself) of D comes as the restriction to ofafractionallineartransformation.==Proof=====Proofoutline===Let<math>G=Aut(D) and H be the subgroup of G comprising those automorphisms that arise by restricting fractional linear transformations to D. We need to show that H=G. We prove this by showing two things:

  • H acts transitively on D
  • H contains the isotropy subgroup of 0 in G

Combining these two facts, we see that H=G

Proof of transitivity

We'll show that given any element wD, there exists an element σH such that σ(0)=w. This'll show transitivity.

Define:

σ:=zzww¯z1

This is a fractional linear transformation. To see that it takes the disc to itself,