Conformal Geometry and Quasiregular Mappings: 1319 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1319) - Softcover

Vuorinen, Matti

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ISBN 10: 3540193421 ISBN 13: 9783540193425

Publisher: Springer, 1988

Synopsis

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 reader to the frontier of current research and covers some most recent developments in the subject, previously scatterd through the literature. A major role in this monograph is played by certain conformal invariants which are solutions of extremal problems related to extremal lengths of curve families. These invariants are then applied to prove sharp distortion theorems for quasiregular mappings. One of these extremal problems of conformal geometry generalizes a classical two-dimensional problem of O. Teichmüller. The novel feature of the exposition is the way in which conformal invariants are applied and the sharp results obtained should be of considerable interest even in the two-dimensional particular case. This book combines the features of a textbook and of a research monograph: it is the first introduction to the subject available in English, contains nearly a hundred exercises, a survey of the subject as well as an extensive bibliography and, finally, a list of open problems.

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• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540193421
• ISBN 13: 9783540193425
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236