Author's Department

Mathematics

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

If φ is an analytic function bounded by 1 on the bidisk D 2 and τ∈∂(D 2 ) is a point at which φ has an angular gradient ∇φ(τ) then ∇φ(λ)→∇φ(τ) as λ → τ nontangentially in D 2 . This is an analog for the bidisk of a classical theorem of Carathéodory for the disk. For φ as above, if τ∈∂(D 2 ) is such that the lim inf of (1−|φ(λ)|)/(1−∥λ∥) as λ → τ is finite then the directional derivative D−δφτ) exists for all appropriate directions δ∈C 2 . Moreover, one can associate with φ and τ an analytic function h in the Pick class such that the value of the directional derivative can be expressed in terms of h.

Comments

Author version. Original publication in Mathematische Annalen Volume 352, Issue 3, pp 581-624 is available at link.springer.com. DOI: 10.1007/s00208-011-0650-7.

Embargo Period

1-3-2013

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