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Study shows Julia sets and gasket limit sets are quasiconformally different.

We consider quasiconformal deformations of $\mathbb{C}\setminus\mathbb{Z}$. We give some criteria for infinitely often punctured planes to be quasiconformally equivalent to $\mathbb{C}\setminus\mathbb{Z}$. In particular, we characterize the closed subsets of $\mathbb{R}$ whose compliments are quasiconformally equivalen…

We provide new conditions that ensure that two metric measure spaces are not quasiconformally equivalent. As an application we deduce that there exists no quasiconformal map between the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg and roto-translation groups.

This study extends a result on quasi-isometry of hyperbolic groups to relatively hyperbolic groups.

A closed discrete subset $A\subset \mathbb{C}$ is called tame if $\mathbb{C}\setminus A$ is quasiconformally equivalent to $\mathbb{C}\setminus \mathbb{Z}$. By giving several criteria for $A$ to be tame, we shall show that $\mathbb{Z}+i\mathbb{Z}$ is not tame.

Uniformly branching trees are equivalent to certain metric spaces.

Characterizes quasiconformally homogeneous ladder surfaces.

We show that the tangent cone at the identity is not a complete quasiconformal invariant for sub-Riemannian nilpotent groups. Namely, we show that there exists a nilpotent Lie group equipped with left invariant sub-Riemannian metric that is not locally quasiconformally equivalent to its tangent cone at the identity. In…

The Basilica Julia set is universally equivalent to other complex dynamics sets.

Given a hyperbolic domain, the nearest point retraction is a conformally natural homotopy equivalence from the domain to the boundary of the convex core of its complement. Marden and Markovic showed that if the domain is uniformly perfect, then there exists a conformally natural quasiconformal map which admits a bounde…

Study on curvature conditions for non-conformally flat spheres using quasiconformal maps and Ricci flow.

This paper concerns with deformations of noncompact complex hyperbolic manifolds (with locally Bergman metric), varieties of discrete representations of their fundamental groups into $PU(n,1)$ and the problem of (quasiconformal) stability of deformations of such groups and manifolds in the sense of L.Bers and D.Sulliva…

We consider the quasiconformal dilatation of projective transformations of the real projective plane. For non-affine transformations, the contour lines of dilatation form a hyperbolic pencil of circles, and these are the only circles that are mapped to circles. We apply this result to analyze the dilatation of the circ…

We prove that the deformation space $AH(M)$ of marked hyperbolic 3-manifolds homotopy equivalent to a fixed compact 3-manifold $M$ with incompressible boundary is locally connected at quasiconformally rigid points.

The affine-additive group is hyperbolic with a non-vanishing 4-capacity.

In a very influential paper Gehring and Palka introduced the notions of quasiconformally homogeneous and uniformly quasiconformally homogeneous subsets of Euclidean space. Their motivation was to provide a characterization of quasi-disks, i.e. domains which are quasiconformally homeomorphic to the unit disk. As a gener…

A closed hyperbolic Riemann surface M is said to be K-quasiconformally homogeneous if there exists a transitive family F of K-quasiconformal homeomorphisms. Further, if all [f] in F act trivially on H1(M;Z), we say M is Torelli-K-quasiconformally homogeneous. We prove the existence of a uniform lower bound on K for Tor…

The paper studies the moduli space of generalized Cantor sets and their properties.

A study of smooth contact quasiconformal mappings of the hyperbolic Heisenberg group is presented in this paper. Our main result is a Lifting Theorem; according to this, a symplectic quasiconformal mapping of the hyperbolic plane can be lifted to a circles preserving quasiconformal mapping of the hyperbolic Heisenberg …

Teichmuller solved the type problem for Riemann surfaces.

Characterizes quasiconformal homeomorphisms on surfaces.

We prove that the deformation space AH(M) of marked hyperbolic 3-manifolds homotopy equivalent to a fixed compact 3-manifold M with incompressible boundary is locally connected at minimally parabolic points. Moreover, spaces of Kleinian surface groups are locally connected at quasiconformally rigid points. Similar resu…

New mappings on closed manifolds can't be broken down easily.

For the result on 1-quasiconformal maps, see the paper by Cowling and Ottazzi. The result on quasiconformal maps on Carnot groups with reducible first layer will appear in a forthcoming paper by Enrico Le Donne and Xiangdong Xie.

A Riemann surface $M$ is said to be $K$-quasiconformally homogeneous if for every two points $p,q \in M$, there exists a $K$-quasiconformal homeomorphism $f \colon M \rightarrow M$ such that $f(p) = q$. In this paper, we show there exists a universal constant $K_0 > 1$ such that if $M$ is a $K$-quasiconformally homogen…

In the vein of Bonfert-Taylor, Bridgeman, Canary, and Taylor we introduce the notion of quasiconformal homogeneity for closed oriented hyperbolic surfaces restricted to subgroups of the mapping class group. We find uniform lower bounds for the associated quasiconformal homogeneity constants across all closed hyperbolic…

Generalizes Frobenius theorem to quasiconformal deformations.

Study infinite genus surfaces and Schottky groups for uniformization.

This is a commentary on Teichm{ü}ller's paper Ein Verschiebungssatz der quasikonformen Abbildung (A displacement theorem of quasiconformal mapping), published in 1944. We explain in detail how Teichm{ü}ller solves the problem of finding the quasiconformal mapping from the unit disc to itself, sending 0 to a strictly ne…

Harmonic extension of Weil-Petersson circle homeomorphisms

Solves an old problem by showing round spheres are the only compact surfaces with specific curvature properties.

This is a mathematical commentary on Teichm{ü}ller's paper ``Bestimmung der extremalen quasikonformen Abbildungen bei geschlossenen orientierten Riemannschen Fl{ä}chen'' (Determination of extremal quasiconformal maps of closed oriented Riemann surfaces). This paper is among the last (and may be the last one) that Teich…

In this paper we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for a smooth surface in Rn+1 to admit a local 1-quasiconformal parameterization by a domain in Rn (n >= 3). We then apply these conditions to specific hypersurfaces such as cylinders, paraboloids, and ellipsoids. As a consequence, we show that the classical Li…

We introduce the notion of a conformal de Rham complex of a Riemannian manifold. This is a graded differential Banach algebra and it is invariant under quasiconformal maps, in particular the associated cohomology is a new quasiconformal invariant.

In this work, we are concerned with the spherical quasiconformal parameterization of genus-0 closed surfaces. Given a genus-0 closed triangulated surface and an arbitrary user-defined quasiconformal distortion, we propose a fast algorithm for computing a spherical parameterization of the surface that satisfies the pres…

In this paper we construct quasiconformal embeddings from Y-pieces that contain a short boundary geodesic into degenerate ones. These results are used in a companion paper to study the Jacobian tori of Riemann surfaces that contain small simple closed geodesics.

Classifies big mapping classes on infinite type surfaces.

We characterize the rigidity of Carnot groups in the class of $C^2$ contact maps in terms of complex characteristics. Furthermore, we obtain a Liouville type theorem for Carnot groups which states that 1-quasiconformal maps form finite dimensional Lie groups.

We prove the equivalence of several natural notions of conformal maps between sub-Riemannian manifolds. Our main contribution is in the setting of those manifolds that support a suitable regularity theory for subelliptic $p$-Laplacian operators. For such manifolds we prove a Liouville-type theorem, i.e., 1-quasiconform…

Grötzsch's papers review progress in quasiconformal geometry.

Countable modular groups found on surfaces with infinite type.

Commentary on Teichmüller's 1938 paper on conformal and quasiconformal mappings.

Tissot's indicatrix theory is foundational for quasiconformal mappings.

We comment on Teichm{ü}ller 's paper ''Vollst{ä}ndige L{ö}sung einer Extremalaufgabe der quasikonformen Abbildung'' (Complete solution of an ex-tremal problem of the quasiconformal mapping),, published in 1941. In this paper, Teichm{ü}ller gives a proof of the existence of extremal quasiconformal mappings in the case o…

We show that any grafting ray in Teichmüller space is (strongly) asymptotic to some Teichmüller geodesic ray. As an intermediate step we introduce surfaces that arise as limits of these degenerating Riemann surfaces. Given a grafting ray, the proof involves a Teichmüller ray with a conformally equivalent limit, and bui…

Existence and rigidity results for lifts in Carnot groups.

In this paper, we are interested in the construction of quasiconformal mappings between domains of the Heisenberg group H that minimise a mean distortion functional. We propose to construct such mappings by considering a corresponding problem between domains of Poincaré half-plane $\mathbb H$. The first map we construc…

This paper is devoted to the study of the global properties of harmonically immersed Riemann surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3.$ We focus on the geometry of complete harmonic immersions with quasiconformal Gauss map, and in particular, of those with finite total curvature. We pay special attention to the construction of new ex…