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Let $z,w \in \mathbb C$ s.t $\bar z w \neq 1$ and $|z|\leq 1, |w| \leq 1$ then $ |\dfrac{z-w}{1-\bar z w}| \leq 1$

The hint is to show that $ |z-w|^2\leq |1-\bar z w|^2$ but i cant relate those 2

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$$|1-\overline zw|^2=(1-\overline zw)(1-\overline wz)=1+|wz|^2-\overline z w-\overline wz,$$ $$|z-w|^2=(z-w)(\overline z-\overline w)=|z|^2+|w|^2-z\overline w-w\overline z.$$ The difference is $$1+|wz|^2-|w|^2-|z|^2.$$

Angina Seng
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    The difference can be factored as $$(1-|z|)(1-|w|)(1+|z|)(1+|w|),$$ which makes the positivity immediately apparent. – Allawonder Aug 26 '19 at 20:24
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Use the fact that $|z|^2 = z \overline z$. Then,we have

$ |z - \overline \omega |^2 \le |1 - \overline z w|^2 \iff (z - \overline \omega) (\overline z - \omega) \le (1 - \overline z w) (1 - z \overline w) \iff z \overline z - z \overline \omega - \omega \overline \ + \omega \overline \omega \le 1 - z \overline \omega - \overline z \omega + z \overline z \omega \overline \omega $

After simplifying, the equivalence arrives at

$|z|^2 + |\omega|^2 <= 1 + |z|^2 |x|^2 \iff (|x| ^ 2 - 1) * (|y| ^ 2 - 1) \ge 0$, which is true since we assumed $|x| \le 1$ and $|y| \le 1$, so $|x| ^ 2 \le 1$ and $ |y| ^ 2 \le 1 $. So, we have proven the hint

Finally, since both terms are positive divide to get the conclusion squared. And since, the absolute value is always positive, you can get rid of the square, to get the desired conclusion.

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