Modular equations and distortion functions

DOI10.1007/S11139-007-9047-3MaRDI QIDQ987527zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Song-Liang Qiu, G. D. Anderson, M. Vuorinen

Publication date 13 August 2010

Published in The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701228

zbMATH Keywords

distortion function elliptic integral quasiconformal map quasiregular map Schottky's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quasiconformal mappings in the complex plane (30C62) Elliptic functions and integrals (33E05)

Abstract: Modular equations occur in number theory, but it is less known that such equations also occur in the study of deformation properties of quasiconformal mappings. The authors study two important plane quasiconformal distortion functions, obtaining monotonicity and convexity properties, and finding sharp bounds for them. Applications are provided that relate to the quasiconformal Schwarz Lemma and to Schottky's Theorem. These results also yield new bounds for singular values of complete elliptic integrals.

Review text

Let \(\mu(r)\) denote the modulus of the Grötzsch ring, and assume the following definitions: \[ \varphi_K(r)= \mu^{-1}\big(K^{-1}\mu(r)\big),\quad \varphi_K(0)= 0,\quad K> 0,\quad 0< r< 1, \] \[ \lambda(K)= \Big[\varphi_K\big(1/\sqrt{2}\big)/\varphi_{K^{-1}}\big(1/\sqrt{2}\big)\Big]^2, \] \[ \eta_K(t)= \Big[\varphi_K(r)/\varphi_{K^{-1}}(r')\Big]^2,\quad r^2= t(1+ t)^{-1},\quad r^2+ (r')= 1. \] The distorion functions \(\varphi_K\) and \(\lambda(K)\) play an important role in the theory of quasiconformal mappings and in number theory, while the generalized distortion function \(\eta_K(t)\) has many important applications, for instance, in the theory of q.c., quasiregular, and quasisymmetric functions. These functions have been investigated by many authors. The present authors study monotonicity and convexity properties of several functions defined in terms of \(\lambda(K)\) and \(\eta_K(t)\), for instance, \(\eta_K(t)\exp\big(-2K\mu(r')\big)\) and \(\log\lambda(K)(K-1)^{-1}\). They obtain new information about distortion functions, including improvments of some known results, and new bounds for singular values of complete elliptic integrals.

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