On locally quasiconformal mappings

A homeomorphism w=f(z) of a domain D is called a locally quasiconformal mapping, if for each subdomain D' of D with 'D, the restriction of f(z) on D' is a quasiconformal mapping. We give some conditions for a measurable function μ(z) on the unit disc to be the complex dilatation of a locally quasiconformal mapping f which can be homeomorphically extended to the closed unit disc.     

On mean quasiconformal mappings

The research was partly supported by the International Science Foundation (Grant U 96 000).     

On the extremality of quasiconformal mappings and quasiconformal deformations

Given a family of quasiconformal deformations such that has a uniform bound , the solution of the Löwner-type differential equation

is an -quasiconformal mapping. An open question is to determine, for each fixed , whether the extremality of is equivalent to that of . The note gives this a negative approach in both directions.

     

On the quasi-isometries of harmonic quasiconformal mappings

We prove versions of the Ahlfors-Schwarz lemma for quasiconformal euclidean harmonic functions and harmonic mappings with respect to the Poincaré metric.     

On the extremal sets of extremal quasiconformal mappings

The properties of the extremal sets of extremal quasiconformal mappings are discussed. It is proved that if an extremal Beltrami coefficient μ(z) is not uniquely extremal, then there exists an extremal Beltrami coefficient v(z) in its equivalent class and a compact subset E Δ with positive measure such that the essential upper bound of v(z) on E is less than the norm of [μ].     

On the uniqueness problem of harmonic quasiconformal mappings

In this paper, we give an affirmative answer to Sheretov's problem on the uniqueness of harmonic mappings and improve the unique minimal mapping theorem of Reich and Strebel. Meanwhile, we also solve a problem posed by Reich and obtain the uniqueness theorem on related weight functions.

     

On extremal quasiconformal extensions of conformal mappings

Letf(t, z)=z+tω(1/z) be schlicht for ⋎z⋎>1, ω(z) = Σ _n ^{= 0/∞} a _n z ⁿ ,t>0. The paper considers first-order estimates for the dilatation of extremal quasiconformal extensions off ast→0. This work was initiated during the Special Year in Complex Analysis at the Technion, and was supported in parts by the Samuel Neaman Fund, the Forschungsinstitut für Mathematik, ETH, Zürich, and the National Science Foundation.     

On quasiconformal mappings corresponding to the beltrami equation

By using methods of integral equations, we investigate problems of conformal and quasiconformal mappings of close domains. Institute of Computational Mathematics, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi. Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 51, No. 10, pp. 1391–1397, October, 1999.     

On the dilatation of extremal quasiconformal mappings of polygons

A polygon P _N is the unit disk with distinguished boundary points, . An extremal quasiconformal mapping maps each polygon inscribed in onto a polygon inscribed in . Let f _N be the extremal quasiconformal mapping of P _N onto P' _N. Let K _N be its dilatation and let K ₀ be the maximal dilatation of f ₀. Then, evidently . The problem is, when equality holds. This is completely answered, if f ₀ does not have any essential boundary points. For quadrilaterals Q and Q' = f ₀ (Q) the problem is sup(M'/M) = K ₀, with M and M' the moduli of Q and Q' respectively. Received: December 23, 1997