$f:\mathbb{C} \to \mathbb{C}$ is analytic and $|f(z)| \leq 1$ for all $z$ with $|z|=1$. When is $f(z)=z$?

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If $f:\mathbb{C} \to \mathbb{C}$ is analytic and $|f(z)| \leq 1$ for all $z$ with $|z|=1$. What can be said about the solutions of $f(z)=z$ in the unit disc |z|<1?

Clearly, if $f$ is the constant function $1$, there is no solution. And if you take $f(z)=z$, there are infinite solutions. But except those functions, is there something to be said? I know that if $|f(z)|<1$ on the unit circle, then by Rouché's theorem there is exactly one solution in the unit disc.

In this case we only know that $|f(z)|<1$ (if $f$ is non constant) according to the maximum modulus principle.

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Suppose there is at least one solution $z_0$ in the unit disk $D$ such that $f(z_0) = z_0$. Now consider the holomorphic function $h = g \circ f \circ g^{-1}$ where $g$ is the Möbius transformation of $D$ mapping $z_0$ to $0$, namely $$ g :z\mapsto \frac{z-z_0}{1 - \overline{z_0}z}. $$ Since $h(D) \subset D$ and $h(0)=0$, the Schwarz Lemma shows that either $h$ is the identity function or the equation $h(z) = z$ has no other solution than $0$.

In conclusion, there are only three possibilities:

  • $f(z) = z$ has no solution.

  • $f$ is the identity function.

  • $f(z) = z$ has exactly one solution.

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Hint: you can have one solution at origin $f(z)=z^n$

then the equation $f(z)=z$ becomes $z^n=z$ therefore solutions are $z=0$ and roots of $1$ on unit disc