《Quasim¨ obius maps preserve uniform domains》青少年教育丛书.pdfVIP

Quasim¨obius maps preserve uniform domains Xiangdong Xie Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, U.S.A. Email: xxie@math.uc.edu Abstract. We show that if a domain Ω in a geodesic metric space is quasim¨obius to a uniform domain in some metric space, then Ω is also uniform. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000). 30C65 Key words. Quasisymmetric, quasim¨obius, uniform domain, quasihyperbolic. 1 Introduction In this paper we study the behavior of uniform domains under quasisymmetric and quasim¨obius maps between metric spaces. Let (X, d) be a metric space. A subset of X is called a domain if it is open and connected. Let 0 λ ≤ 1 and c ≥ 1. We say a domain Ω ⊂ X with ∂Ω = ∅ is (λ, c)-quasiconvex, if for any x ∈ Ω, and any two points y , y ∈ B (x, λd(x, ∂Ω)), 1 2 there is a path γ in Ω from y to y with length ℓ (γ ) ≤ c d(y , y ). 1 2 1 2 We say (X, d) is c-quasiconvex if for any two points x, y ∈ X , there is a path γ joining x and y with length ℓ (γ ) ≤ c d(x, y). A metric space (X, d) is quasiconvex if it is c-quasiconvex for some c ≥ 1. Notice that if (X, d) is c-quasiconvex, then every domain in X is (λ, c)-quasiconvex for all 0 λ ≤ 1. Recall that a metric space is proper if all its closed balls are compact. The main result of the paper is as follows: Theorem 1.1. Let (X , d ) (i = 1, 2) be a proper metric space, and Ω ⊂ X a domain i i i i with ∂Ω = ∅. Suppose (Ω , d ) is c -uniform, Ω ⊂ (X , d ) is (λ, c )-quasiconvex i 1 1 1 2 2