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Previously the problem of both continuous and discrete isotopy of a quasiconformal automorphism of the 3-dimensional ball to the identity mapping was studied by the author in terms of quasiconformal dynamical systems [Sov. Math., Dokl. 45, No. 1, 189-192 (1992; Zbl 0796.34034) and Russ. Acad. Sci., Dokl., Math. 45, No. 3, 541-544 (1992; Zbl 0801.30021)]. In the article under review, the same problem is studied in purely geometrical terms regardless of the possibility of including the mapping into a quasiconformal dynamical system. This approach allows the author to study mappings defined in more general domains (namely, in quasiconformal balls) and for arbitrary dimension (provided that there exists an isotopy of the trace mapping). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0936.00007].