Gauss's mean value theorem problem

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Suppose that $f(z)$ is analytic and $f(z)\neq0$ on the disc $|z|<1$ .

Show that for $0<r<1$,

$$ \exp\left[\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{0}^{2\pi}{\log}|f(re^{i\theta})|\,d\theta\right] = |f(0)| $$

Any other theorems needed to solve this problem? I don't have any idea just with "Gauss's MVT"

Thank you in advanced.

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Here is a hint: you can rewrite the equality as $$\frac 1{2\pi} \int_0^{2\pi} \log |f(re^{i\theta})| \, d\theta = \log |f(0)|$$ or even just $$\frac{1}{2\pi} \int_0^{2\pi} g(re^{i\theta}) \, d\theta = g(0)$$ if you define $g(z) = \log |f(z)|$. If $f$ is analytic and nonvanishing then $g$ is harmonic.

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You can also use Jensen's formula : If f(z) is analytic on the disc $|z| <r $ apart from roots at a1,a2,...,am (repeated by multiplicity) and $f(0) \neq 0 $ then :

$\frac{1}{2 \pi }\int_0^{2\pi} \ln |f(re^{i\theta})|d\theta + \sum_{k=1}^{m} \ln (\frac{|a_k|}{r}) = \ln |f(0)| $

In your case, there are no zeros so you get

$\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{0}^{2\pi}{\log}\left|f(re^{i\theta})\right|\mathrm d\theta=ln|f(0)|$