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Functions of a complex variable Definition

Möbius transformation

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Definition

Let a,b,c,da, b, c, d be complex numbers with ad−bc≠0ad - bc \neq 0. The Möbius transformation with these coefficients is the map f:ℂ^→ℂ^f : \widehat{\mathbb{C}} \to \widehat{\mathbb{C}} of the Riemann sphere to itself given by f(z)=az+bcz+df(z) = \frac{az + b}{cz + d} for each z∈ℂz \in \mathbb{C} with cz+d≠0cz + d \neq 0. The map also has the following values. If c≠0c \neq 0, then f(−d/c)=∞f(-d/c) = \infty and f(∞)=a/cf(\infty) = a/c. If c=0c = 0, then f(∞)=∞f(\infty) = \infty.

Remarks

Each Möbius transformation is a bijection of ℂ^\widehat{\mathbb{C}}, and its inverse is the Möbius transformation w↦dw−b−cw+aw \mapsto \frac{dw - b}{-cw + a}. The Möbius transformations form a group under composition, the Möbius group. The coefficients (λa,λb,λc,λd)(\lambda a, \lambda b, \lambda c, \lambda d) with λ≠0\lambda \neq 0 give the same map. If ad−bc=0ad - bc = 0, the formula gives a constant or is undefined, so it is not a Möbius transformation.

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