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A simplified version of Teichmüllers proof (independent of the theory of Beltrami equations with measurable coefficients) of a proposition underlying his continuity argument for the existence part of his theorem on extremal quasiconformal mappings is given.
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This material is based upon work partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF MCS-78-27119.
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Bers, L. On Teichmüller’s proof of Teichmüller’s theorem. J. Anal. Math. 46, 58–64 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02796573
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02796573