On Phragmén-Lindelöf’s principle
On Phragmén-Lindelöf’s principle
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关于 Phragmén-Lindelöf 原理
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1937
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通讯作者:
L. Ahlfors
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作者:
L. Ahlfors
In the first part of this paper we give a proof of Phragmen-Lindelkf's now classical principlet which is simpler and yields more detailed information than any of the proofs hitherto known. Our procedure consists in proving a theorem in finite terms, similar to Hadamard's three circles theorem, from which the asymptotic statement is shown to follow by a very simple and transparent reasoning. A certain symmetry in the result is obtained by allowing the functions considered to have two possible singularities, one at 0 and one at oo. The ultimate theorem is the sharpest possible and contains all previous results, including those of the brothers Nevanlinna.t In Part II we generalize Phragmen-Lindel6f's principle to harmonic functions of n variables. The methods of Part I are seen to carry over without any difficulties. The result is particularly interesting in so far as the symmetry of the two-dimensional case is not maintained, the extremal functions corresponding to the two singularities being now essentially different.