A Sharp Entropy Condition For The Density Of Angular Derivatives
Alex Bergman
TL;DR
This work characterizes where a holomorphic self-map $f$ of the unit disc admits finite Carathéodory angular derivatives on a boundary arc in terms of an entropy condition on the complement. Under the local non-extremeness requirement $\int_{I} \log(1 - |f|) \, dm > -\infty$, the angular-derivative set $C(f) \cap I$ must be a countable union of Beurling-Carleson sets with finite entropy, and conversely any such union can be realized as $C(f)$ for some $f$ with $\int_{\mathbb{T}} \log(1 - |f|) \, dm > -\infty$. The proof combines the Aleksandrov disintegration of Aleksandrov-Clark measures with the BC-union characterization of Makarov and Nikolski, and provides a constructive method to obtain $f$ from a given $E$. These results connect boundary derivative behavior to entropy-structured thin sets and have implications for de Branges-Rovnyak spaces and boundary zero phenomena.
Abstract
Let $f$ be a holomorphic self-map of the unit disc. We show that if $\log (1-\lvert f(z) \rvert)$ is integrable on a sub-arc of the unit circle, $I$, then the set of points where the function f has finite Carathéodory angular derivative on I is a countable union of Beurling-Carleson sets of finite entropy. Conversely, given a countable union of Beurling-Carleson sets, $E$, we construct a holomorphic self-map of the unit disc, $f$, such that the set of points where the function has finite Carathéodory angular derivative is equal to $E$ and $\log(1-\lvert f(z) \rvert)$ is integrable on the unit circle. Our main technical tools are the Aleksandrov disintegration Theorem and a characterization of countable unions of Beurling-Carleson sets due to Makarov and Nikolski.
