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Schwarz-Pick and Denjoy-Wolff for uniformly quasiregular maps

Abstract

We prove a Denjoy-Wolff theorem for uniformly quasiregular self-maps of the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 2$: either all orbits are relatively compact, or the iterates converge locally uniformly to a single point of the sphere. No properness, surjectivity, or boundary extension is assumed. The key tool is a Schwarz-Pick lemma valid in all dimensions: every quasiregular map preserving a bounded measurable conformal structure is non-expanding for a modulus metric built from that structure, and uniformly quasiregular maps preserve such a structure by a theorem of Iwaniec and Martin. Since this metric is not geodesic, we pass to an associated chain metric, which we show is Gromov hyperbolic with boundary the sphere, and apply a theorem of Karlsson. As an application, a stable Fatou component of a uniformly quasiregular map of $\overline{\mathbb{R}^n}$ that is a uniform domain with uniformly perfect boundary is an attracting basin, a rotation domain, or a parabolic basin with a unique boundary fixed point. Non-injective examples of both escaping types are constructed in every dimension.

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Alastair N. Fletcher. 2026-09-28. Schwarz-Pick and Denjoy-Wolff for uniformly quasiregular maps. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.00312

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