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How to prove that every bijective rational function (over the field of complex numbers) is a linear fractional transformation ?

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Say $f(x)/g(x)=t$ for a given $t$ then consider the polynomial $h(x)=f(x)-tg(x)$. Over the complex numbers $h$ will more than one root if $f, g$ are not of degree 1. So the only bijections are the linear fractional transformations.

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    I love this answer! It is flawless.2012-09-19