On boundary behavior of generalized quasi-isometries

Abstract

It is established a series of criteria for continuous and homeomorphic extension to the boundary of the so-called lower $Q$-homeomorphisms $f$ between domains in $\overline{\Rn}=\Rn\cup\{\infty\}$, $n\geqslant2$, under integral constraints of the type $\int\Phi(Q^{n-1}(x))\,dm(x)<\infty$ with a convex non-decreasing function $\Phi:[0,\infty]\to[0,\infty]$. It is shown that integral conditions on the function $\Phi$ found by us are not only sufficient but also necessary for a continuous extension of $f$ to the boundary. It is given also applications of the obtained results to the mappings with finite area distortion and, in particular, to finitely bi-Lipschitz mappings that are a far reaching generalization of isometries as well as quasi-isometries in $\Rn$. In particular, it is obtained a generalization and strengthening of the well-known theorem by Gehring--Martio on a homeomorphic extension to boundaries of quasiconformal mappings between QED (quasiextremal distance) domains.