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Consider the class $S$ of univalent functions on the unit disk $D$ normalized so that $f(0)=0$ and $f'(0)=1$. Each function in $S$ satisfy the Bieberbach conjecture, that is the $n$-th coefficient in the power series expansion is less or equal than $n$. I am looking at the convex hull of class $S$. Any function there satisfies the Bieberbach conjecture by an easy computation.

Are there functions which do not belong to the convex hull of $S$ but satisfy the Bieberbach conjecture?

More generally, how do you prove that a function is not in the convex hull of $S$ without using the Bieberbach conjecture? There are characterizations of convex hulls of subfamilies of $S$, for example starlike maps, in terms of integral representations.

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  • $\begingroup$ $f(z)=z^2$ satisfies Bieberbach conjecture, but it's not univalent on the unit disk. I don't know if $f$ is in the convex hull of $S$, though. $\endgroup$ Mar 30, 2016 at 14:10
  • $\begingroup$ Thank you. I think the most interesting part is to find one that you can prove is not in the convex hull. $\endgroup$
    – user44316
    Apr 1, 2016 at 6:24

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By extremality, a function of the form $f(z)= z+\sum_{n\geq 2} n a_n z^n$ with $|a_n|=1$ belongs to the convex hull of $S$ if and only if it belongs to $S$.

According to wikipedia, the only univalent such functions are those for which $a_n= \omega^{n-1}$ for some $|\omega|=1$, so you get many examples of functions satisfying Bieberbach's conjecture but not in the convex hull of $S$. For example, $f(z) = 2z - \frac{z}{(1-z)^2}$.

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