Generalized quasidisks and conformality: progress and challenges

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In this note, we survey the recent developments on theory of generalized quasidisks. Based on standard techniques used earlier, we also provide some minor improvements on the recorded results. A few natural questions are posed.

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Acknowledgements

This survey is dedicated to our former Ph.D supervisor Prof. Pekka Koskela for his excellent guidance during our postgraduate studies and for bringing us to the world of quasiconformal analysis.

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C.-Y.Guo is supported by the Qilu funding of Shandong University (No. 62550089963197). H. Xu is supported by the Academy of Finland (No. 21000046081).

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  1. Research Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People’s Republic of China

    Chang-Yu Guo & Haiqing Xu

  2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Haiqing Xu

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Dedicated to Professor Pekka Koskela on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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Guo, CY., Xu, H. Generalized quasidisks and conformality: progress and challenges. Complex Anal Synerg 7, 2 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40627-021-00065-0

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Keywords

  • Homeomorphism of finite distortion
  • Generalized quasidisk
  • Local connectivity
  • Three point property
  • Cusps

Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 30C62
  • 30C65