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GATE 2025 MA – Question 42

Complex Analysis · Conformal Mappings · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Let U={Im z>0}, D={|z|<1}. Over all bijective analytic f:U→D with f(i)=0, find sup |f(4i)|.

  1. 0
  2. 1/4
  3. 1/2
  4. 3/5

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Correct answer: (D) 3/5

Explanation

Every such map is a rotation of the normalized Cayley map $(z-i)/(z+i)$, because the resulting disk automorphism fixes zero. Rotations preserve modulus, and |(4i−i)/(4i+i)|=3/5. Thus the supremum, attained by every such map, is **3/5, D**.

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