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Ball-Evans approximation problem: recent progress and open problems

Functional Analysis 2025-02-04 v1

Abstract

In this paper we give a short overview about the Ball-Evans approximation problem, i.e. about the approximation of Sobolev homeomorphism by a sequence of diffeomorphisms (or piecewise affine homeomorphisms) and we recall the motivation for this problem. We show some recent planar results and counterexamples in higher dimension and we give a number of open problems connected to this problem and related fields.

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@article{arxiv.2502.01336,
  title  = {Ball-Evans approximation problem: recent progress and open problems},
  author = {Stanislav Hencl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.01336},
  year   = {2025}
}