Elementary Functions
we have
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M+ M >2
and it follows from (5.7-5) that a+ d must be real, and
la+dl >2
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(5.8-3)
That this condition is also sufficient, thus characterizing the hyperbolic
transformations, will be seen. shortly.
(b) M = eilJ (R = 1, () "=f. 2h). In this subcase the multiplier is unimod-
ular. Equation (5.8-2) is now of the form W = eilJ Z, and the transformation
is a pure rotation about the origin, so it has the following properties:
- Each straight line passing through the origin is carried into another
straight line through the origin that makes an angle () with the first. - Each circle about the origin is transformed into itself. The interior and
exterior of each circle are mapped into themselves. The points 0 and
oo are fixed and are inverses of each other with respect to any one of
those circles (Fig. 5.7).
By applying the transformations s-^1 , so as to return to the original
variables, the points 0 and oo are carried into the fixed points z1 and z2,
respectively, and we have:
- Every arc z]Z2 of a circle passing through the fixed points is trans-
formed into another arc of a circle with the same endpoints, the second
arc making an angle () with the first. - Every circle orthogonal to those passing through the fixed points is
mapped into itself. The interior and exterior of each such circle are
Fig. 5.7