Doubly Connected Minimal Surfaces and Extremal Harmonic Mappings

The concept of a conformal deformation has two natural extensions: quasiconformal and harmonic mappings. Both classes do not preserve the conformal type of the domain, however they cannot change it in an arbitrary way. Doubly connected domains are where one first observes nontrivial conformal invariants. Herbert Gr?tzsch and Johannes C.C.?Nitsche addressed this issue for quasiconformal and harmonic mappings, respectively. Combining these concepts we obtain sharp estimates for quasiconformal harmonic mappings between doubly connected domains. We then apply our results to the Cauchy problem for minimal surfaces, also known as the Bj?rling problem. Specifically, we obtain a sharp estimate of the modulus of a doubly connected minimal surface that evolves from its inner boundary with a given initial slope.     

Quasiconformal harmonic mappings between \fancyscriptC1,m{{\fancyscript{C}}^{1,\mu}} Euclidean surfaces

The conformal deformations are contained in two classes of mappings quasiconformal and harmonic mappings. In this paper we consider the intersection of these classes. We show that, every K quasiconformal harmonic mapping between surfaces with boundary is a Lipschitz mapping. This extends some recent results of several authors where the same problem has been considered for plane domains. As an application it is given an explicit Lipschitz constant of normalized isothermal coordinates of a disk-type minimal surface in terms of boundary curve only. It seems that this kind of estimates are new for conformal mappings of the unit disk onto a Jordan domain as well.     

Sharp estimates for Hübner’s upper bound function with applications

New better estimates, which are given in terms of elementary functions, for the function r → (2/π)(1 - r2)K(r)K (r) + log r appearing in Hübner's sharp upper bound for the Hersch-Pfluger distortion function are obtained. With these estimates, some known bounds for the Hersch-Pfluger distortion function in quasiconformal theory are improved, thus improving the explicit quasiconformal Schwarz lemma and some known estimates for the solutions to the Ramanujan modular equations.     

Sharp inequalities for approximations of convolution classes on the real line as the limit case of inequalities for periodic convolutions

We establish sharp estimates for the best approximations of convolution classes by entire functions of exponential type. To obtain these estimates, we propose a new method for testing Nikol’ski?-type conditions which is based on kernel periodization with an arbitrarily large period and ensuing passage to the limit. As particular cases, we obtain sharp estimates for approximation of convolution classes with variation diminishing kernels and generalized Bernoulli and Poisson kernels.     

Uniformly locally univalent harmonic mappings associated with the pre-Schwarzian norm

In this paper, we consider the class of uniformly locally univalent harmonic mappings in the unit disk and build a relationship between its pre-Schwarzian norm and uniformly hyperbolic radius. Also, we establish eight ways of characterizing uniformly locally univalent sense-preserving harmonic mappings. We also present some sharp distortions and growth estimates and investigate their connections with Hardy spaces. Finally, we study subordination principles of norm estimates.     

Modular equations and distortion functions

Modular equations occur in number theory, but it is less known that such equations also occur in the study of deformation properties of quasiconformal mappings. The authors study two important plane quasiconformal distortion functions, obtaining monotonicity and convexity properties, and finding sharp bounds for them. Applications are provided that relate to the quasiconformal Schwarz Lemma and to Schottky’s Theorem. These results also yield new bounds for singular values of complete elliptic integrals.      

Quasiconformal extension from curvilinear triangles

We consider the problem of extension of a quasi-Möbius (quasisymmetric) mapping from a planar curvilinear triangle to a quasiconformal automorphism of the extended plane. Existence of an extension of the sort from the polygons whose sides are quasiarcs was proven by A. K. Varisov but without any upper estimates for the quasiconformality coefficient of the extended mapping. The application of another method makes it possible to obtain, for triangular domains, an upper estimate of dilation of the quasiconformal extension depending only on the distortion function of the initial quasi-Möbius mapping, on the upper estimate of the turning of the sides and the Möbius-invariant characteristic of nondegeneracy of a curvilinear triangle which is introduced in this article and is analogous to the relative radius of the inscribed circle.     

General formula for lower bound of the first eigenvalue on Riemannian manifolds

A general formula for the lower bound of the first eigenvalue on compact Riemannian manifolds is presented. The formula improves the main known sharp estimates including Lichnerowicz’ s estimate and Zhong-Yang’s estimate. Moreover, the results are extended to the noncompact manifolds. The study is based on the probabilistic approach (i.e. the coupling method).     

Linear Differential Equations and Logarithmic Derivative Estimates

We prove two sharp inequalities for the growth of solutionsof certain linear differential equations in the unit disk. Forthe proofs of these inequalities, we use the method of successiveapproximations and sharp estimates for the logarithmic derivativesof finite order meromorphic functions in the unit disk. Thesetechniques can also be used to give an alternate proof of awell-known result in the plane. The sharp logarithmic derivativeestimates are a corollary of general estimates, and all theseestimates have independent interest. 2000 Mathematics SubjectClassification 34M10, 30D35.     

Agard’s η-distortion function and Schottky’s theorem

The monotoneity properties of certain functions defined in terms of the η-distortion function ηκ(t) in quasiconformal theory are studied and asymptotically sharp bounds are obtained for ηκ(t), thus proving some properties of the upper bound functionK(t, r) in Schottky’s theorem on analytic functions and improving the known explicit bounds forK (t, r).     

The radius of convexity of particular functions and applications to the study of a second order differential inequality

In this paper we determine the radius of convexity of particular functions. The obtained results are used to deduce sharp estimates regarding functions which satisfy a second order differential subordination. A lemma regarding starlikeness that involves the notion of convolution is established, and is used in order to obtain a sharp starlikeness condition.     

On the dynamics of a family of entire functions

We prove that for any bounded type irrational number 0θ1,the boundary of the Siegel disk of fα(z)=e2πiθsin(z)+αsin3(z),α∈C,which centered at the origin,is a quasicircle passing through 2,4 or 6 critical points of fαcounted with multiplicity.     

Sharp error estimates for the numerical differentiation formulas on the classes of entire functions of exponential type

We establish sharp error estimates for some numerical di.erentiation formulas on the classes of entire functions of exponential type. The estimates strengthen some classical sharp inequalities of approximation theory.     

Cocycles with one exponent over partially hyperbolic systems

We consider Hölder continuous linear cocycles over partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms. For fiber bunched cocycles with one Lyapunov exponent we show continuity of measurable invariant conformal structures and sub-bundles. Further, we establish a continuous version of Zimmer’s Amenable Reduction Theorem. For cocycles over hyperbolic systems we also obtain polynomial growth estimates for the norm and the quasiconformal distortion from the periodic data.     

On lipschitz continuity of quasiconformalmappings in space

Sufficient conditions for a spatial quasiconformal mapping f to be Lipschitz or weak Lipschitz continuous at a prescribed point are given. The proofs of these results are based on new growth estimates for the conformal modulus under quasiconformal mappings f. The estimates are written in terms of integral means of the co-called pointwise angular dilatation coefficient.     

Asymptotic Uniqueness of Best Rational Approximants of Given Degree to Markov Functions in L 2 of the Circle

We improve over a sufficient condition given in [8] for uniqueness of a nondegenerate critical point in best rational approximation of prescribed degree over the conjugate-symmetric Hardy space of the complement of the disk. The improved condition connects to error estimates in AAK approximation, and is necessary and sufficient when the function to be approximated is of Markov type. For Markov functions whose defining measure satisfies the Szego condition, we combine what precedes with sharp asymptotics in multipoint Padé approximation from [43], [40] in order to prove uniqueness of a critical point when the degree of the approximant goes large. This lends perspective to the uniqueness issue for more general classes of functions defined through Cauchy integrals.     

Bohr?s phenomenon for analytic functions into the exterior of a compact convex body

Bohr?s inequality for the class of analytic functions mapping the unit disk into the exterior of a compact convex body is established. In this general case, the radius obtained is . When the compact convex body is the closed unit disk, a sharp radius of 1/3 is obtained.     

Some Estimates for the Derivative of a Quasiconformal Reflection Spiral-Shaped Domains

Some estimates of derivatives are sharpened for quasiconformal reflections of a special class of simply connected plane domains. Bibliography: 2 titles.     

Extremal polygonal quasiconformal mappings and biLipschitz mappings

We show that the extremal polygonal quasiconformal mappings are biLipschitz with respect to the hyperbolic metric in the unit disk.