Indecomposable Quasiconformal Maps of Manifolds

[2605.21894] Indecomposable Quasiconformal Maps of Manifolds Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Mathematics > Geometric Topology arXiv:2605.21894 (math) [Submitted on 21 May 2026 ( v1 ), last revised 27 Aug 2026 (this version, v2)] Title: Indecomposable Quasiconformal Maps of Manifolds Authors: Benjamin B. McMillan View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: We demonstrate the existence of quasiconformal mappings on closed manifolds (dimension at least 5) that cannot be decomposed as a composition of mappings with arbitrarily small conformal distortion. This answers in the negative the global version of a classical question of Gehring. Comments: 18 pages. Comments welcome! Version 2: Readability tweaks. AI: Used only for grammar check Subjects: Geometric Topology (math.GT) ; Complex Variables (math.CV); Metric Geometry (math.MG) MSC classes: Primary 30L10, 57Q25, Secondary 30C65, 57Q55 Cite as: arXiv:2605.21894 [math.GT] (or arXiv:2605.21894v2 [math.GT] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.21894 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Benjamin McMillan [ view email ] [v1] Thu, 21 May 2026 02:05:29 UTC (26 KB) [v2] Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:26:06 UTC (26 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: math.GT < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-05 Change to browse by: math math.CV math.MG References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab) Major funding support from

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