Univalence criteria for lifts of harmonic mappings to minimal surfaces

A general criterion in terms of the Schwarzian derivative is given for global univalence of the Weierstrass-Enneper lift of a planar harmonic mapping. Results on distortion and boundary regularity are also deduced. Examples are given to show that the criterion is sharp. The analysis depends on a generalized Schwarzian defined for conformai metrics and on a Schwarzian introduced by Ahlfors for curves. Convexity plays a central role.     

Injectivity Conditions for Some Classes of Domains. II

New sufficient conditions are found for continuously differentiable mappings in some plane domains to be injective. This result is obtained by using the locally homeomorphic extension method. New univalence criteria for meromorphic functions are given by means of the quasiconformal extension method. These criteria are stated in terms of coefficients of a differential equation related to the Schwarzian derivative of the function under consideration. Bibliography: 13 titles.     

Quasiconformal extensions to space of Weierstrass-Enneper lifts

The Ahlfors-Weill extension of a conformal mapping of the disk is generalized to the Weierstrass-Enneper lift of a harmonic mapping of the disk to a minimal surface, producing homeomorphic and quasiconformal extensions to space. The extension is defined through the family of best Möbius approximations to the lift applied to a bundle of euclidean circles orthogonal to the disk. Extension of the planar harmonic map is also obtained subject to additional assumptions on the dilatation. The hypotheses involve bounds on a generalized Schwarzian derivative for harmonic mappings in terms of the hyperbolic metric of the disk and the Gaussian curvature of the minimal surface. Hyperbolic convexity plays a crucial role.     

单叶调和映射

由于在极小曲面理论中的作用，对调和映射的研究已有较长时间。１９８４年以来，经典解析单叶映射的理论被推广至调和单叶映射，并获得许多结论。这些工作引起人们对它的浓厚兴趣。该文介绍这一课题某些重要成果的概貌，并指出一些尚未解决的问题。它共分六个部分：映射定理；单叶调和函数的数值估计；特殊映射；变分方法；境界性质和在极小曲面中的应用。     

多复变数的双全纯映照

本文对复变数几何函数论的结果向多复变函数的推广进行了系统的研究，是作者及其合作者们在此项研究工作上的一些成果的综合报导。此文集中讨论了有界对称域及Ｒｅｉｎｈａｒｄｔ域的情形，讨论了全纯映照为星形、凸及双全纯的种种条件，建立了一些双全纯映照族的偏差定理，增长定理及掩盖定理，定义了高维空间上的Ｓｃｈｗａｒｔｚ导数。对有界对称域上的全纯凸函数的Ｂｌｏｃｈ常数进行了估计，处理这些问题的主要工具之一为李代数     

Gears,pregears and related domains

We study conformal mappings from the unit disc to one-toothed gear-shaped planar domains from the point of view of the Schwarzian derivative. Gear-shaped (or “gearlike”) domains fit into a more general category of domains we call “pregears” (images of gears under Möbius transformations), which aid in the study of the conformal mappings for gears and which we also describe in detail. Such domains being bounded by arcs of circles, the Schwarzian derivative of the Riemann mapping is known to be a rational function of a specific form. One accessory parameter of these mappings is naturally related to the conformal modulus of the gear (or pregear) and we prove several qualitative results relating it to the principal remaining accessory parameter. The corresponding region of univalence (parameters for which the rational function is the Schwarzian derivative of a conformal mapping) is determined precisely.     

Pluriharmonic mappings and linearly connected domains in ℂ n

In this paper we obtain certain sufficient conditions for the univalence of pluriharmonic mappings defined in the unit ball \(\mathbb{B}^n \) of ? ⁿ . The results are generalizations of conditions of Chuaqui and Hernández that relate the univalence of planar harmonic mappings with linearly connected domains, and show how such domains can play a role in questions regarding injectivity in higher dimensions. In addition, we extend recent work of Hernández and Martín on a shear type construction for planar harmonic mappings, by adapting the concept of stable univalence to pluriharmonic mappings of the unit ball \(\mathbb{B}^n \) into ? ⁿ .     

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.     

Becker type univalence conditions for harmonic mappings

We obtain Becker type univalence conditions for locally univalent harmonic mappings defined in one of the following domains: the unit disc, a halfplane, the exterior of the unit disc and prove a generalization of John’s univalence condition.     

Minimal graphs in over convex domains

Krust established that all conjugate and associate surfaces of a minimal graph over a convex domain are also graphs. Using a convolution theorem from the theory of harmonic univalent mappings, we generalize Krust's theorem to include the family of convolution surfaces which are generated by taking the Hadamard product or convolution of mappings. Since this convolution involves convex univalent analytic mappings, this family of convolution surfaces is much larger than just the family of associated surfaces. Also, this generalization guarantees that all the resulting surfaces are over close-to-convex domains. In particular, all the associate surfaces and certain Goursat transformation surfaces of a minimal graph over a convex domain are over close-to-convex domains.

     

The Schwarzian derivative in several complex variables IV

Using two different Lie groups, two different Schwarzian derivatives of holomorphic mappings on domains in Cⁿ are defined and discussed. The necessary and sufficient conditions for annihilation of these two different Schwarzian derivatives are given. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

Locally convex functions and the Schwarzian derivative

In this paper we study various classes of locally convex analytic functions in the unit disc, which are invariant under the group of M?bius automorphisms of the unit disc. Bounds for the Schwarzian derivative of functions in these classes are achieved and used to obtain estimates for the uniform hyperbolic radius of univalence in these classes.     

Simple factor dressing and the López–Ros deformation of minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space

The aim of this paper is to investigate a new link between integrable systems and minimal surface theory. The dressing operation uses the associated family of flat connections of a harmonic map to construct new harmonic maps. Since a minimal surface in 3-space is a Willmore surface, its conformal Gauss map is harmonic and a dressing on the conformal Gauss map can be defined. We study the induced transformation on minimal surfaces in the simplest case, the simple factor dressing, and show that the well-known López–Ros deformation of minimal surfaces is a special case of this transformation. We express the simple factor dressing and the López–Ros deformation explicitly in terms of the minimal surface and its conjugate surface. In particular, we can control periods and end behaviour of the simple factor dressing. This allows to construct new examples of doubly-periodic minimal surfaces arising as simple factor dressings of Scherk’s first surface.

     

On the Stability of the Directional Regularity

In this paper we select two tools of investigation of the classical metric regularity of set-valued mappings, namely the Ioffe criterion and the Ekeland Variational Principle, which we adapt to the study of the directional setting. In this way, we obtain in a unitary manner new necessary and/or sufficient conditions for directional metric regularity. As an application, we establish stability of this property at composition and sum of set-valued mappings. In this process, we introduce directional tangent cones and the associated generalized primal differentiation objects and concepts. Moreover, we underline several links between our main assertions by providing alternative proofs for several results.

     

Univalence of integral operators involving Bessel functions

In this note our aim is to deduce some sufficient conditions for integral operators involving Bessel functions of the first kind to be univalent in the open unit disk. The key tools in our proofs are the generalized versions of the well-known Ahlfors’ and Becker’s univalence criteria and some inequalities for the normalized Bessel functions of the first kind.     

The Gauss map of minimal surfaces in Berger spheres

It is proved that a pair of spinors satisfying a Dirac type equation represents surfaces immersed in Berger spheres with prescribed mean curvature. Using this, we prove that the Gauss map of a minimal surface immersed in a Berger sphere is harmonic. Conversely, we exhibit a representation of minimal surfaces in Berger spheres in terms of a given harmonic map. The examples we constructed appear in associated families.     

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.     

The Morse–Sard Theorem and Luzin N-Property: A New Synthesis for Smooth and Sobolev Mappings

Considering regular mappings of Euclidean spaces, we study the distortion of the Hausdorff dimension of a given set under restrictions on the rank of the gradient on the set. This problem was solved for the classical cases of k-smooth and Hölder mappings by Dubovitskii, Bates, and Moreira. We solve the problem for Sobolev and fractional Sobolev classes as well. Here we study the Sobolev case under minimal integrability assumptions that guarantee in general only the continuity of a mapping (rather than differentiability everywhere). Some new facts are found out in the classical smooth case. The proofs are mostly based on our previous joint papers with Bourgain and Kristensen (2013, 2015).

     

The Generalized Chazy Equation from the Self-Duality Equations

It is shown that classically known generalizations of the Chazy equation and Darboux–Halphen system are reductions of the self-dual Yang–Mills (SDYM) equations with an infinite-dimensional gauge algebra. The general ninth-order Darboux–Halphen system is reduced to a Schwarzian equation which governs conformal mappings of regions with piecewise circular sides. The generalized Chazy equation is shown to correspond to special mappings where either the triangles are equiangular or two of the angles are π/3.