A generalization of the Ahlfors theorem on quasi-isometric reflection (Q1963391)

L.~Ahlfors proved that, if \(\varphi\) is a quasiconformal reflection about a curve, then there is a quasi-isometric reflection about the same curve. Tukia and Väisälä translated this result to the case of dimension \(n>2\) and \(n\neq 4\) and established that, if \(\varphi\) is a quasiconformal involution of \(\mathbb R^n\) whose fixed point set \(L\) splits \(\mathbb R^n\), i.e., \(\mathbb R^n\setminus L\) is disconnected, then there is a quasi-isometric involution with the same fixed point set \(L\). The aim of the article under review is to prove this result in the case when the fixed point set of an involution \(\varphi\) does not split \(\mathbb R^n\). The idea of the proof is to approximate the quasiconformal involution \(\varphi\) by a quasihyperbolic mapping.