Convergence of characteristics of quasiconformal maps (Q1085301)

Let \({\mathcal M}_ q\) be the set of all measurable complex valued functions \(\mu\) with \(| \mu (z)| \leq q<1\) a.e. A sequence \((\mu_ n)\) converges to \(\mu\) \((\mu_ n\to \mu\) char.), if there is a sequence of quasiconformal maps \(f_ n: {\mathbb{C}}\to {\mathbb{C}}\) with dilatation \(\mu_ n\) such that \(f_ n\to f\) locally uniformly and f has dilatation \(\mu\). The set \({\mathcal M}_ q\) is endowed with a metric \(\rho\) and the properties of the space (\({\mathcal M}_ q,\rho)\) are studied. It is shown that anyone of the conditions (1) \(\mu_ n\to \mu\) a.e., (2) \(\mu_ n\to \mu\) locally in measure and (3) \(\mu_ n\to \mu\) locally in \(L^ p\), \(1\leq p\leq \infty\) suffices for \(\mu_ n\to \mu\) char. Finally, in the subset of \({\mathcal M}_ q\) with compact support \(\mu_ n\to \mu\) if and only if \(N(\mu_ n)\to N(\mu)\) weakly in \(L^ 2\). Here \(N(\mu)=T(\mu)+T(\mu T(\mu))+..\). and T is the Hilbert operator.