Linear fraction

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Linear fraction is meromorphic function that can be expressed with

$(1) ~ ~ ~ \displaystyle T(z)=\frac{u+v z}{w+z}$

where $u$, $v$, $w$ are parameters from the some set of numbers that allows operations of summation, multiplication and division. Usually, it is assumed, that they are complex numbers, and the operation of multiplication is commutative.

Linear function

Definition (1) excludes the case of linear function. However, this the linear function can be realized in limit

$(2) ~ ~ ~ \displaystyle A+B z= \lim_{M\rightarrow \infty} \frac{M A+ M B}{M+z}$

where the expression of the function under the limit operation is expressed in a form that corresponds to (1), id est, $u=M A$, $v=MB$, $w=M$.

Inverse function

The inverse function $T^{-1}$ of the linear fraction $T$ by (1) is also linear fraction, and its parameters can be easy expressed through the parameters of the initial linear fraction.

$(3) ~ ~ ~ \displaystyle T^{-1}(z)=\frac{u-w z}{-v+z}$

One can easy check that $T(T^{-1}(z))=T^{-1}(T(z))=z$ for all $z$ excluding the poles, singularities at $z=-w$ and at $z=v$.

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References


http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LinearFractionalTransformation.html

http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath464/kmath464.htm