Let the function f map the unit
disk D conformally onto the domain G in C= C ∪{∞} . The prime end
theory of Carathéodory gives a completely geometric characterization of the
boundary behavior of f. Prime ends are defined in terms of crosscuts of
G.
Our aim is to give a geometric description of the boundary behavior of f that
refers only to the boundary ∂G and not to the domain itself. It can therefore be
applied to any complementary domain of a connected closed set in C. Our
description will however be incomplete because we will have to allow exceptional
sets.