Locally invertible $\sigma$-harmonic mappings

Abstract

We extend a classical theorem by H. Lewy to planar $\sigma$-harmonic mappings, that is mappings $U$ whose components $u^1$ and $u^2$ solve a divergence structure elliptic equation $\mathrm{div}(\sigma \nabla u^i)=0$ , for $i=1,2$. A similar result is established for pairs of solutions of certain second order non--divergence equations.

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