Constructing diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms with prescribed derivative

Abstract

We prove that for any measurable mapping $T$ into the space of matrices with positive determinant, there is a diffeomorphism whose derivative equals $T$ outside a set of measure less than $\epsilon$. We use this fact to prove that for any measurable mapping $T$ into the space of matrices with non-zero determinant (with no sign restriction), there is an almost everywhere approximately differentiable homeomorphism whose derivative equals $T$ almost everywhere.