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The Modulus of a Curve Family

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Conformally Invariant Metrics and Quasiconformal Mappings

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For the sake of easy reference and for the reader’s convenience we shall give in this chapter the basic properties of the modulus of a curve family. The proofs of several well-known results are omitted.

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Hariri, P., Klén, R., Vuorinen, M. (2020). The Modulus of a Curve Family. In: Conformally Invariant Metrics and Quasiconformal Mappings. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32068-3_7

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