Dirichlet problem for the general Beltrami equation in Jordan domains (Q354879)

This paper is concerned with the Dirichlet problem for the Beltrami equation with two characteristics. Such equations have the form \(\bar \partial f=\mu \partial f+\nu \overline{\partial f}\), where \(\partial f=\frac{1}{2}(f_x-if_y)\), \(\bar \partial f=\frac{1}{2}(f_x+if_y)\), and \(\mu\) and \(\nu\) are measurable functions such that \(|\mu |+|\nu |<1\) almost everywhere. The boundary values are prescribed as \(\lim_{z\to\zeta} \mathrm{Re}\,f(z)= \varphi(\zeta)\), \(\zeta\in \partial D\), where \(D\) is a Jordan domain in the complex plane. The ellipticity of the two-characteristic Beltrami equation is measured by the distortion coefficient \(K=\frac{1+|\mu |+|\nu |}{1-|\mu |-|\nu |}\) which is a measurable positive function. When \(K\) is unbounded, the equation is degenerate elliptic, and the existence of its solutions depends on the degree of integrability of \(K\). The authors call \(f\) a \textit{regular solution} of the Beltrami equation if \(f\) is a continuous, discrete, and open map which is locally in the Sobolev class \(W^{1,1}\) and has the Jacobian determinant \(J_f\) that is nonzero almost everywhere. This paper gives several conditions on \(K\) that ensure the existence of a regular solution of the Dirichlet problem. For example, if \(K\) is locally integrable and for every \(z_0\in\overline{D}\) we have \(\int_{\epsilon<|z-z|<\epsilon_0} \frac{K (z) }{|z-z_0|^2} = o(\log^{2}(1/\epsilon))\) as \(\epsilon\to 0\), then a regular solution exists for every nonconstant continuous function \(\varphi : \partial D\to\mathbb R\).