Holomorphic reproducing kernels for piecewise-smooth planar domains

For smoothly bounded, multiply connected domain sin the complex plane, S. Bell showed how the Kerzman-Stein method can be used to compute the Szego kernel and Ahlfors map. In this paper, we present a modification of that method for domains that are piecewise-smooth. The procedure is based on a method of preliminary transformation and involves adding an explicit holomorphic function to the Cauchy kernel. In the last section, we show the effectiveness of using this method for the special case of a square. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.