Conformal Geometry and Quasiregular Mappings

This book is an introduction to the theory of spatial quasiregular mappings intended for the uninitiated reader. At the same time the book also addresses specialists in classical analysis and, in particular, geometric function theory. The text leads the r

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1319 Matti Vuorinen

Conformal Geometry and Quasiregular Mappings

Sprinqer-Verlaj, Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo

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Matti Vuorinen Department of Mathematics, University of Helsinki Hallitusk. 15,00100 Helsinki, Finland

Mathematics Subject Classification (19130): 30C60

ISBN 3-540-19342-1 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN 0-387-19342-1 Springer-Verlag New York Berlin Heidelberg

This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in other ways, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is only permitted under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its version of June 24, 1985, and a copyright fee must always be paid. Violations fall under the prosecution act of the German Copyright Law.

© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988 Printed in Germany Printing and binding: Druckhaus Beltz, Hemsbach/Bergstr. 2146/3140-543210

Contents Preface

V

Introduction A survey of quasiregular mappings Notation and terminology

Chapter I.

CONFORMAL GEOMETRY

VII IX XVI

1

1.

Mobius transformations in n-space

2.

Hyperbolic geometry

19

3.

Quasihyperbolic geometry

33

4.

Some covering problems

41

Chapter II.

MODULUS AND CAPACITY

1

48

5.

The modulus of a curve family

48

6.

The modulus as a set function

72

7.

The capacity of a condenser

81

8.

Conformal invariants

Chapter III. 9.

QUASIREGULAR MAPPINGS

Topological properties of discrete open mappings

102 120 121

10. Some properties of quasiregular mappings

127

11. Distortion theory

137

12. Uniform continuity properties

152

13. Normal quasiregular mappings

162

Chapter IV.

BOUNDARY BEHAVIOR

173

14. Some properties of quasiconformal mappings

174

15. Lindelof-type theorems

181

16. Dirichlet-finite mappings

187

Some open problems

193

Bibliography

194

Index

208

Preface This book is based on my lectures on quasiregular mappings in the euclidean nspace R n given at the University of Helsinki in 1986. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with basic real analysis or with some basic facts about quasiconformal mappings (an excellent reference is pp. 1-50 in J. Viiisiilii's book [V7]), but otherwise I have tried to make the text as self-contained and easily accessible as possible. For the reader's convenience and for the sake of easy reference I have included without proof most of those results from [V7] which will be exploited here. I have also included a brief review of those properties of Mobius transformations in R n which will be used throughout. In order to make the text more useful for students I have included nearly a hundred exercises, which are scattered throughout the book. They are of varying difficulty, with hints for solution provided for some. For specialists in the field I have included a list of open problems at the end of the book