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Nonlinear analysis and quasiconformal mappings from the perspective of PDEs

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, U.S.A.

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Contents Introduction 119 1. Quasiregular mappings 120 2. The Beltrami equation 121 3. The Beltrami-Dirac equation 122 4. A quest for compactness 124 5. Sharp Lp-estimates versus variational integrals 125 6. Very weak solutions 128 7. Nonlinear commutators 129 8. Jacobians and wedge products 131 9. Degree formulas 134 References 136

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