In mathematics, the Denjoy-Wolff theorem is a theorem in complex analysis and dynamical systems concerning fixed points and iterations of holomorphic mappings of the unit disc in the complex numbers into itself, The result was proved independently in 1926 by Arnaud Denjoy and Julius Wolff.
Statement
Theorem Let D be the open unit disc in C and let f be a holomorphic function mapping D into D which is not an automorphism of D (i.e. a Möbius transformation). Then there is a unique point z in the closure of D such that the iterates of f tend to z uniformly on compact subsets of f. If z lies in D, it is the unique fixed point of f. The mapping f leaves invariant hyperbolic disks centered on z or disks tangent to the unit circle at z.
References
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