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In this paper, we first establish a new type of the classical boundary Schwarz lemma for holomorphic self-map**s of the unit ball in \(\mathbb {C}^n\). We then apply our new Schwarz lemma to study problems from the geometric function theory in several complex variables.
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This work is supported by the NNSF of China (Nos. 11031008, 11101139, 11271124, 11001246), NSF of Zhejiang province (Nos.Y14A010047, Y6110260).
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Liu, T., Wang, J. & Tang, X. Schwarz Lemma at the Boundary of the Unit Ball in \(\mathbb {C}^n\) and Its Applications. J Geom Anal 25, 1890–1914 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12220-014-9497-y
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