The Schwarzian Derivative of Harmonic Mappings in the Plane

In this paper, the authors introduce a definition of the Schwarzian derivative of any locally univalent harmonic mapping defined on a simply connected domain in the complex plane. Using the new definition, the authors prove that any harmonic mapping f which maps the unit disk onto a convex domain has Schwarzian norm ||Sf||≤ 6. Furthermore, any locally univalent harmonic mapping f which maps the unit disk onto an arbitrary regular n-gon has Schwarzian norm||Sf||≤8/3.