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How many fixed points does a bilinear transformation have, other than the identity?

  • A.at most two
  • B.exactly one always
  • C.at most three
  • D.none, unless it is a translation

Answer: A

Setting \( w = z \) gives

\[ cz^{2} + (d - a)z - b \;=\; 0, \]

a quadratic, so there are at most two roots. A repeated root gives one fixed point, and the identity is the degenerate case fixing everything. Being determined by three point-images is a separate property, and is where the count of three belongs

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