biholomorphically equivalent


Definition.

Let U,Vn. If there exists a one-to-one and onto holomorphic mapping ϕ:UV such that the inversePlanetmathPlanetmath ϕ-1 exists and is also holomorphic, then we say that U and V are biholomorphically equivalent or that they are biholomorphic. The mapping ϕ is called a biholomorphic mapping.

It is not an obvious fact, but if the source and target dimension are the same then every one-to-one holomorphic mapping is biholomorphic as a one-to-one holomorphic map has a nonvanishing jacobian.

When n=1 biholomorphic equivalence is often called conformal equivalence (http://planetmath.org/ConformallyEquivalent), since in one complex dimension, the one-to-one holomorphic mappings are conformal mappingsMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmath.

Further if n=1 then there are plenty of conformal (biholomorhic) equivalences, since for example every simply connected domain (http://planetmath.org/Domain2) other than the whole complex plane is conformally equivalent to the unit disc. On the other hand, when n>1 then the open unit ball and open unit polydisc are not biholomorphically equivalent. In fact there does not exist a proper (http://planetmath.org/ProperMap) holomorphic mapping from one to the other.

References

  • 1 Steven G. Krantz. , AMS Chelsea Publishing, Providence, Rhode Island, 1992.
Title biholomorphically equivalent
Canonical name BiholomorphicallyEquivalent
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Synonym biholomorphic
Synonym biholomorphic equivalence
Defines biholomorphic mapping