BLOCH CONSTANTS IN ONE AND SEVERAL VARIABLES

We give covering theorems in one variable for holomorphic functions on the unit disc with k-fold symmetry. In the case of convex maps we giv e a generalization, shown to us by D. Minda, to the case where a(2) = ... = a(k) = 0. In several variables we determine the Bloch constant ( equivalently the Koebe constant) for convex maps of B-n with k-fold sy mmetry, k greater than or equal to 2. We also estimate and in some cas es compute the Bloch constant for starlike maps of B-n with k-fold sym metry. We compare the Bloch constant with the Koebe constant for such maps and determine values of n and k for which equality holds.