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Schwarzian DerivativeIn mathematics, the Schwarzian derivative of a function of one complex variable is defined by -
The Schwarzian derivative of a linear fractional transformation -
is zero. If we follow a function by a fractional linear transformation then the composition has the same Schwarzian derivative as . On the other hand the Schwarzian derivative of , where is again fractional linear, is given by the remarkable chain-like rule -
Just as the ordinary derivative tells us how a function can be approximated by a linear function, the Schwarzian derivative tells us how a function can be approximated by a fractional linear function. The Schwarzian derivative can also be defined as the following limit -
References - V. Ovsienko, S. Tabachnikov : Projective Differential Geometry Old and New, Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 0521831865 .
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