• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.307-317
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• 2021

In this paper, we deal with a problem to determine the type of automorphisms of the unit disc in ℂ in terms of intrinsic geometry. We will characterize the hyperbolicity and parabolicity of automorphism by the distance function of the Poincaré metric.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.11-21
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• 2023

Non-trivial automorphisms of the unit disc in the complex plane can be classified by three classes; elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic automorphisms. This classification is due to a representation in the projective special linear group of the real field, or in terms of fixed points on the closure of the unit disc. In this paper, we will characterize this classification by the distance function of the Poincaré metric on the interior of the unit disc.