On the functional properties of weak \((p, q)\)-quasiconformal homeomorphisms (Q2202613)

The class of weak \((p,q)\)-quasiconformal homeomorphisms generalizes the notions of conformal dilations and quasiconformal maps. A homeomorphism \(\varphi:\Omega \to \tilde{\Omega}\) is a weak \((p,q)\)-quasiconformal homeomorphism if \[ \left\Vert \inf \left\{ k(x) \, : \, |D\varphi(x)| \leq k(x) |J(x,\varphi)|^{1/p} \right\} \right\Vert_{L^{\frac{pq}{p-q}}(\Omega)} < \infty. \] The paper under review provides some function theoretic results for this class of homeomorphisms. In particular, the authors prove a self-improvement result (Theorem 2.5) for the boundedness of the composition operator \(\varphi^*\) defined as \(\varphi^*(f) = f \circ \varphi\) along with several Liouville-type theorems discussing the finiteness of the measure of the domain or target for varying values of \(p\) and \(q\). The paper concludes with a discussion of the integrability of the derivative of a weak \((p,q)\)-quasiconformal homeomorphism given the boundedness of its composition operator.