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Leonid V. Kovalev

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arXiv2017

Symmetrization and extension of planar bi-Lipschitz maps

We show that every centrally symmetric bi-Lipschitz embedding of the circle into the plane can be extended to a global bi-Lipschitz map of the plane with linear bounds on the distortion. This answers a question of Daneri and Pratelli in the special case of centrally symmetric maps. For general bi-Lipschitz embeddings our distortion bound has a combination of linear and cubic growth, which improves on the prior results. The proof involves a symmetrization result for bi-Lipschitz maps which may be of independent interest.

math.CV↗
arXiv2017

Uniform convergence of Green's functions

Given a sequence of regular planar domains converging in the sense of kernel, we prove that the corresponding Green's functions converge uniformly on the complex sphere, provided the limit domain is also regular, and the connectivity is uniformly bounded.

math.CV↗
arXiv2016

Conformal contractions and lower bounds on the density of harmonic measure

We give a concrete sufficient condition for a simply-connected domain to be the image of the unit disk under a nonexpansive conformal map. This class of domains is also characterized by having sufficiently dense harmonic measure. The relation with the harmonic measure provides a natural higher-dimensional analogue of this problem, which is also addressed.

math.CV↗
arXiv2016

On the existence of harmonic mappings between doubly connected domains

While the existence of conformal mappings between doubly connected domains is characterized by their conformal moduli, no such characterization is available for harmonic diffeomorphisms. Intuitively, one expects their existence if the domain is not too thick compared to the codomain. We make this intuition precise by showing that for a Dini-smooth doubly connected domain $Ω^*$ there exists $ε>0$ such that for every doubly connected domain $Ω$ with $\operatorname{Mod} Ω^*<\operatorname{Mod}Ω<\operatorname{Mod} Ω^*+ε$ there exists a harmonic diffeomorphism from $Ω$ onto $Ω^*$.

math.CV↗
arXiv2016

Lipschitz retractions in Hadamard spaces via gradient flow semigroups

Let $X(n),$ for $n\in\mathbb{N},$ be the set of all subsets of a metric space $(X,d)$ of cardinality at most $n.$ The set $X(n)$ equipped with the Hausdorff metric is called a finite subset space. In this paper we are concerned with the existence of Lipschitz retractions $r: X(n)\to X(n-1)$ for $n\ge2.$ It is known that such retractions do not exist if $X$ is the one-dimensional sphere. On the other hand L. Kovalev has recently established their existence in case $X$ is a Hilbert space and he also posed a question as to whether or not such Lipschitz retractions exist for $X$ being a Hadamard space. In the present paper we answer this question in the positive.

math.FA↗
arXiv2015

Lipschitz retraction of finite subsets of Hilbert spaces

Finite subset spaces of a metric space $X$ form a nested sequence under natural isometric embeddings $X=X(1)\subset X(2)\subset\dots$. We prove that this sequence admits Lipschitz retractions $X(n)\to X(n-1)$ when $X$ is a Hilbert space.

math.MG↗
arXiv2013

Approximation up to the boundary of homeomorphisms of finite Dirichlet energy

Let X and Y be planar Jordan domains of the same finite connectivity, Y being inner chordarc regular (such are Lipschitz domains). Every homeomorphism h:X->Y in the Sobolev space $W^{1,2}$ extends to a continuous map between closed domains. We prove that there exist homeomorphisms between closed domains which converge to h uniformly and in $W^{1,2}$. The problem of approximation of Sobolev homeomorphisms, raised by J. M. Ball and L. C. Evans, is deeply rooted in a study of energy-minimal deformations in nonlinear elasticity. The new feature of our main result is that approximation takes place also on the boundary, where the original map need not be a homeomorphism.

math.CV↗
arXiv2012

Symmetric products of the line: embeddings and retractions

The n-th symmetric product of a metric space is the set of its nonempty subsets with cardinality at most n, equipped with the Hausdorff metric. We prove that every symmetric product of the line is an absolute Lipschitz retract and admits a bi-Lipschitz embedding into a Euclidean space of sufficiently high dimension.

math.MG↗
arXiv2012

The Hopf-Laplace equation: harmonicity and regularity

The central theme in this paper is the Hopf-Laplace equation, which represents stationary solutions with respect to the inner variation of the Dirichlet integral. Among such solutions are harmonic maps. Nevertheless, minimization of the Dirichlet energy among homeomorphisms often leads to mappings which are neither harmonic nor homeomorphisms. We prove that such mappings are harmonic outside of a singular set with small image. On the singular set they are locally Lipschitz, but not necessarily differentiable.

math.CV↗
arXiv2012

Sharp distortion growth for bilipschitz extension of planar maps

This note addresses the quantitative aspect of the bilipschitz extension problem. The main result states that any bilipschitz embedding of $\mathbb R$ into $\mathbb R^2$ can be extended to a bilipschitz self-map of $\mathbb R^2$ with a linear bound on the distortion.

math.CV↗
arXiv2011

Lipschitz regularity for inner-variational equations

We obtain Lipschitz regularity results for a fairly general class of nonlinear first-order PDEs. These equations arise from the inner variation of certain energy integrals. Even in the simplest model case of the Dirichlet energy the inner-stationary solutions need not be differentiable everywhere; the Lipschitz continuity is the best possible. But the proofs, even in the Dirichlet case, turn out to relay on topological arguments. The appeal to the inner-stationary solutions in this context is motivated by the classical problems of existence and regularity of the energy-minimal deformations in the theory of harmonic mappings and certain mathematical models of nonlinear elasticity; specifically, neo-Hookian type problems.

math.AP↗
arXiv2011

Quasisymmetric graphs and Zygmund functions

A quasisymmetric graph is a curve whose projection onto a line is a quasisymmetric map. We show that this class of curves is related to solutions of the reduced Beltrami equation and to a generalization of the Zygmund class $Λ_*$. This relation makes it possible to use the tools of harmonic analysis to construct nontrivial examples of quasisymmetric graphs and of quasiconformal maps.

math.CV↗
arXiv2010

Existence of energy-minimal diffeomorphisms between doubly connected domains

The paper establishes the existence of homeomorphisms between two planar domains that minimize the Dirichlet energy. Specifically, among all homeomorphisms f : R -> R* between bounded doubly connected domains such that Mod (R) < Mod (R*) there exists, unique up to conformal authomorphisms of R, an energy-minimal diffeomorphism. No boundary conditions are imposed on f. Although any energy-minimal diffeomorphism is harmonic, our results underline the major difference between the existence of harmonic diffeomorphisms and the existence of the energy-minimal diffeomorphisms. The existence of globally invertible energy-minimal mappings is of primary pursuit in the mathematical models of nonlinear elasticity and is also of interest in computer graphics.

math.CV↗
arXiv2010

Hopf differentials and smoothing Sobolev homeomorphisms

We prove that planar homeomorphisms can be approximated by diffeomorphisms in the Sobolev space $W^{1,2}$ and in the Royden algebra. As an application, we show that every discrete and open planar mapping with a holomorphic Hopf differential is harmonic.

math.CV↗
arXiv2010

Doubly connected minimal surfaces and extremal harmonic mappings

The concept of a conformal deformation has two natural extensions: quasiconformal and harmonic mappings. Both classes do not preserve the conformal type of the domain, however they cannot change it in an arbitrary way. Doubly connected domains are where one first observes nontrivial conformal invariants. Herbert Groetzsch and Johannes C. C. Nitsche addressed this issue for quasiconformal and harmonic mappings, respectively. Combining these concepts we obtain sharp estimates for quasiconformal harmonic mappings between doubly connected domains. We then apply our results to the Cauchy problem for minimal surfaces, also known as the Bjorling problem. Specifically, we obtain a sharp estimate of the modulus of a doubly connected minimal surface that evolves from its inner boundary with a given initial slope.

math.DG↗