Isometries for the modulus metric are quasiconformal mappings
Authors:
Dimitrios Betsakos and Stamatis Pouliasis
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 372 (2019), 2735-2752
MSC (2010):
Primary 30C62, 30C65; Secondary 30C85, 30F45
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/7712
Published electronically:
November 21, 2018
MathSciNet review:
3988591
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Abstract: For a domain $D$ in $\bar {\mathbb R}^n$, the modulus metric is defined by $\mu _D(x,y)=\inf _\gamma \textrm {cap}(D,\gamma )$, where the infimum is taken over all curves $\gamma$ in $D$ joining $x$ to $y$, and “cap" denotes the conformal capacity of the condensers. It has been conjectured by J. Ferrand, G. J. Martin, and M. Vuorinen that isometries in the modulus metric are conformal mappings. We prove the conjecture when $n=2$. In higher dimensions, we prove that isometries are quasiconformal mappings.
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Dimitrios Betsakos
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
MR Author ID:
618946
Email:
betsakos@math.auth.gr
Stamatis Pouliasis
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409
MR Author ID:
951898
Email:
stamatis.pouliasis@ttu.edu
Keywords:
Modulus metric,
conformal mapping,
quasiconformal mapping,
condenser capacity,
reduced conformal modulus,
extremal length.
Received by editor(s):
January 31, 2018
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
April 18, 2018, and July 1, 2018
Published electronically:
November 21, 2018
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