The Heinonen-Semmes problems after thirty years

2025/10/22 by Guy C. David, David, Guy C., Pekka Pankka +3
Mathematics · #30L10 #Analytic and geometric function theory #Complex Variables (math.CV) #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows #Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals #Metric Geometry (math.MG)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2510.19179

openalex publication_date 2025/10/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We survey the current status of the questions posed by Juha Heinonen and Stephen Semmes in `Thirty-three yes or no questions about mappings, measures, and metrics' (Conformal Geometry and Dynamics, 1997).

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