Abstract
Let \(B\) be a finite Blaschke product of degree \(n\geq 2\) . We discuss the behavior of the area of the set \(E(B,t)=\{z\colon |B(z)|\leq t\}\) as the parameter \(t\) changes, \(0<t<1\) , and also a condition on \(t\) under which the connected component of \(E(B,t)\) , \(B(0)=0\) , containing the origin contains at least one critical point of \(B\) . For real products \(B\) , \(B(0)=0\) , \(B'(0)\not= 0\) , we establish sharp lower bounds for the moduli of some critical points in terms of the moduli of the corresponding critical values and the quantity \(|B'(0)|\) . Cases are considered separately in which the critical points are located on the same radius of the disk \(|z|<1\) and in which they lie on the same diameter of this disk on different sides of the origin. These estimates do not depend on the degree of the product \(B\) .