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Now, using (6.16-13) we get, for J > O,
d7/J J
max( dB)= min lf8(z)l^2
If z 12 - lfz 12
- l = (lfzl - lfa:i)^2 - l
=
2lfzl
lfzl - lfzl
- ( d7/J ) J
mm dB = max lfMz)l^2
If z 12 - lfa: 12
- l = (lfzl + 1Jzl)^2 - l
= --'-~ -2lfzl
lfzl + IJzl
Case IL If J = 0 and f8(z) =f. O, equation (6.17-2) gives d1f;/dB = -1, so
that 7/J + 0 = C (a constant). In this case 7/J is a strictly decreasing function
of B, and every direction Bis mapped into a fixed direction B' = 7/J + B = C.
When J = 0 the Kasner circle passes through the origin 0, and the
construction in Fig. 6.16 shows that if Bis increased by a, then 7/J decreases
by a, so that
B
1
= ( i/J - OI) + ( B + O'.) = 1/J + B
remains unchanged provided that f8(z) =f. 0.
To determine the value of the constant C we note that for B = 0 we
have 1/J = 7/Ja = ArgOM = Arg(fz + fz) = C (Fig. 6.17). Therefore,
all directions B [except, possibly, those Bo + k7r for which f8(z) = OJ are
mapped into the fixed direction
B' = 7/J + B = 7/Ja .= Arg(fz + fz) (6.17-6)
We have made an exception of the directions Bo + hr because for those
values of B the directional derivative f8(z) vanishes and 7/J = Argf8(z) is
J = 0
Fig. 6.1.6