[Math] How to compute a linear transformation which carries the circle $|z|=2$ into $|z+1|=1$

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Find the linear transformation which carries the circle $|z|=2$ into $|z+1|=1$, the point $-2$ into the origin, and the origin into $i$.

In order to find the linear transformation will I use the following formula?
$$(z_1−z_3)(z_2−z)(z_2−z_3)(z_1−z)=(w_1−w_3)(w_2−w)(w_2−w_3)(w_1−w)$$
Or am I wrong?

Similar example but not the same:

Find a linear transformation mapping the circle $|z|=1$ onto the circle $|w-5|=3$ and taking the point $z=i$ to $w=2$.

Given, $|w-5|=3$ so $|(w-5)/3)|=1$. So now, we can use the transformation $z=(w-5)/3$ but $z=i$ is not mapped to $w=2$. So we use the transformation $iz=(w-5)/3$. So, $z=i \implies w=3i*i+5=2$.

How to start ?

Best Answer

The linear transformation you are looking for is of the form: $$ \varphi(z)=\frac{\omega z}{2}-1, $$ where $\lvert\omega\rvert=1$.

Verification. If $\lvert z\rvert=2$, then $z=2\mathrm{e}^{it}$, and $\varphi(z)=\omega\mathrm{e}^{it}-1$, which is the parametrical description of the circle $\lvert z+1\rvert=1$.

Determination of $\omega$. It is going to be determined by the restriction $$ \varphi(-2)=0, $$ equivalently $$ 0=\frac{\omega(-2) }{2}-1=-(1+\omega), $$ and hence $$ \omega=-1. $$ Thus the linear transformation is $$ \varphi(z)=-\frac{z}{2}-1, $$ Clearly $\varphi(0)=-1$.

Apparently, such linear transformation does not exist.

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