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unit disk upper half plane conformal equivalence theorem (Theorem)
Theorem 1   There is a conformal map from $\Delta$ the unit disk, to $UHP$ the upper half plane.
Proof. Define $f \colon \hat{{\mathbb C}} \to \hat{{\mathbb C}}$ (where $\hat{{\mathbb C}}$ denotes the Riemann Sphere) to be $f(z) = \displaystyle{\frac{z-i}{z+i}}$ Notice that $f^{-1}(w)= \displaystyle{i \frac{1+w}{1-w}}$ and that $f$ (and therefore $f^{-1}$ is a Mobius transformation.

Notice that $f(0)=-1$ $f(1)=\displaystyle{\frac{1-i}{1+i}} = -i$ and $f(-1) = \displaystyle{\frac{-1-i}{-1+i}} = i$ By the Mobius Circle Transformation Theorem, $f$ takes the real axis to the unit circle. Since $f(i)=0$ $f$ maps $UHP$ to $\Delta$ and $f^{-1}:\Delta \to UHP$ $ \qedsymbol$




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See Also: unit disk, upper half plane, Möbius transformation, Möbius circle transformation theorem, converting between the Poincaré disc model and the upper half plane model

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Cross-references: unit circle, real axis, Mobius circle transformation theorem, Mobius transformation, Riemann sphere, upper half plane, unit disk, map, conformal
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AMS MSC30C20 (Functions of a complex variable :: Geometric function theory :: Conformal mappings of special domains)

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