On a problem of Pavlović involving harmonic quasiconformal mappings

Abstract: We obtain a sharp result on the order of harmonic quasiconformal mappings with bounded Schwarzian norm. This problem is motivated by the work of Chuaqui, Hern\'{a}ndez and Mart\'{i}n [Math. Ann. 367: 1099--1122, 2017]. Firstly, for $K\ge1$, we construct a harmonic $K$-quasiconformal counterpart of the classical Koebe function and use it to formulate the corresponding conjectures. Then we consider Hardy spaces $H^p$ of harmonic quasiconformal mappings by applying results for quasiconformal mappings obtained by Astala and Koskela [Pure Appl. Math. Q. 7: 19--50, 2011]. In particular, we determine the optimal order of the family of harmonic quasiconformal mappings with bounded Schwarzian norm to belong to a harmonic Hardy space. This partially solves an open problem posed by Pavlovi\'{c} in 2014. Finally, we derive pre-Schwarzian and Schwarzian norm estimates of certain harmonic mappings.