arXiv · 1806.03020
The Rad\'o-Kneser-Choquet theorem for $p$-harmonic mappings between Riemannian surfaces
Abstract
In the planar setting the Rad\'o-Kneser-Choquet theorem states that a harmonic map from the unit disk onto a Jordan domain bounded by a convex curve is a diffeomorphism provided that the boundary mapping is a homeomorphism. We prove the injectivity criterion of Rad\'o-Kneser-Choquet for $p$-harmonic mappings between Riemannian surfaces. In our proof of the injecticity criterion we approximate the $p$-harmonic map with auxiliary mappings that solve uniformly elliptic systems. We prove that each auxiliary mapping has a positive Jacobian by a homotopy argument. We keep the maps injective all the way through the homotopy with the help of the minimum principle for a certain subharmonic expression that is related to the Jacobian.
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Tomasz Adamowicz, Jarmo Jääskeläinen, Aleksis Koski. 2018-06-08. The Rad\'o-Kneser-Choquet theorem for $p$-harmonic mappings between Riemannian surfaces. https://doi.org/10.4171/rmi%2F1183
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