| Title Page | 3 |
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| Copyright Page | 4 |
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| Table of Contents | 5 |
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| Preface | 8 |
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| Chapter 1 Geometric Background | 12 |
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| 1.1 Some classes of univalent functions | 12 |
| 1.1.1 Starlike functions | 12 |
| 1.1.2 Class S*[0]. Nevanlinna’s condition | 13 |
| 1.1.3 Classes S*[t ], t . .. Hummel’s representation | 14 |
| 1.1.4 Spirallike functions. Spa cek’s condition | 15 |
| 1.1.5 Close-to-convex and .-like functions | 17 |
| 1.2 Boundary behavior of holomorphic functions | 18 |
| 1.3 The Julia–Wolff–Carath´eodory and Denjoy–Wolff Theorems | 21 |
| 1.4 Functions of positive real part | 24 |
| Chapter 2 Dynamic Approach | 27 |
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| 2.1 Semigroups and generators | 27 |
| 2.2 Flow invariance conditions and parametric representations of semigroup generators | 29 |
| 2.3 The Denjoy–Wolff and Julia–Wolff–Carath´eodory Theorems for semigroups | 33 |
| 2.4 Generators with boundary null points | 35 |
| 2.5 Univalent functions and semi-complete vector fields | 44 |
| Chapter 3 Starlike Functions with Respect to a Boundary Point | 48 |
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| 3.1 Robertson’s classes. Robertson’s conjecture | 48 |
| 3.2 Auxiliary lemmas | 50 |
| 3.3 A generalization of Robertson’s conjecture | 53 |
| 3.4 Angle distortion theorems | 55 |
| 3.4.1 Smallest exterior wedge | 55 |
| 3.4.2 Biggest interior wedge | 58 |
| 3.5 Functions convex in one direction | 65 |
| Chapter 4 Spirallike Functions with Respect to a Boundary Point | 71 |
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| 4.1 Spirallike domains with respect to a boundary point | 71 |
| 4.2 A characterization of spirallike functions with respect to a boundary point | 77 |
| 4.3 Subordination criteria for the class Spiralµ[1] | 81 |
| 4.4 Distortion Theorems | 83 |
| 4.4.1 ‘Spiral angle’ distortion theorems | 83 |
| 4.4.2 Growth estimates for semigroup generators | 87 |
| 4.4.3 Growth estimates for spirallike functions | 89 |
| 4.4.4 Classes G(µ, ß) | 92 |
| 4.5 Covering theorems for starlike and spirallike functions | 98 |
| Chapter 5 Koenigs Type Starlike and Spirallike Functions | 102 |
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| 5.1 Schr¨oder’s and Abel’s equations | 102 |
| 5.2 Remarks on stochastic branching processes | 106 |
| 5.3 Koenigs’ linearization model for dilation type semigroups. Embeddings | 110 |
| 5.4 Valiron’s type linearization models for hyperbolic type semigroups. Embeddings | 112 |
| 5.5 Pommerenke’s and Baker–Pommerenke’s linearization models for semigroups with a boundary sink point | 119 |
| 5.5.1 Pommerenke’s linearization model for automorphic type mappings | 119 |
| 5.5.2 Baker–Pommerenke’s model for non-automorphic type self-mappings | 123 |
| 5.5.3 Higher order angular differentiability at boundary fixed points. A unified model | 124 |
| 5.6 Embedding property via Abel’s equation | 126 |
| Chapter 6 Rigidity of Holomorphic Mappings and Commuting Semigroups | 128 |
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| 6.1 The Burns–Krantz theorem | 129 |
| 6.2 Rigidity of semigroup generators | 135 |
| 6.3 Commuting semigroups of holomorphic mappings | 140 |
| 6.3.1 Identity principles for commuting semigroups | 140 |
| 6.3.2 Dilation type | 147 |
| 6.3.3 Hyperbolic type | 151 |
| 6.3.4 Parabolic type | 153 |
| Chapter 7 Asymptotic Behavior of One-parameter Semigroups | 159 |
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| 7.1 Dilation case | 160 |
| 7.1.1 General remarks and rates of convergence | 160 |
| 7.1.2 Argument rigidity principle | 163 |
| 7.2 Hyperbolic case | 165 |
| 7.2.1 Criteria for the exponential convergence | 165 |
| 7.2.2 Angular similarity principle | 174 |
| 7.3 Parabolic case | 179 |
| 7.3.1 Discrete case | 179 |
| 7.3.2 Continuous case | 182 |
| 7.3.3 Universal asymptotes | 190 |
| Chapter 8 Backward Flow Invariant Domains for Semigroups | 201 |
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| 8.1 Existence | 201 |
| 8.2 Maximal FIDs. Flower structures | 211 |
| 8.3 Examples | 214 |
| 8.4 Angular characteristics of flow invariant domains | 217 |
| 8.5 Additional remarks | 222 |
| Chapter 9 Appendices | 226 |
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| 9.1 Controlled Approximation Problems | 226 |
| 9.1.1 Setting of approximation problems | 226 |
| 9.1.2 Solutions of approximation problems | 228 |
| 9.1.3 Perturbation formulas | 236 |
| 9.2 Weighted semigroups of composition operators | 245 |
| Bibliography | 252 |
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| Subject Index | 262 |
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| Author Index | 266 |
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| Symbols | 268 |
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| List of Figures | 270 |