English

A rank-one convex, non-polyconvex isotropic function on $\operatorname{GL}^+(2)$ with compact connected sublevel sets

Analysis of PDEs 2020-09-22 v1

Abstract

According to a 2002 theorem by Cardaliaguet and Tahraoui, an isotropic, compact and connected subset of the group GL+(2)\operatorname{GL}^+(2) of invertible 2×22\times2-\,matrices is rank-one convex if and only if it is polyconvex. In a 2005 Journal of Convex Analysis article by Alexander~Mielke, it has been conjectured that the equivalence of rank-one convexity and polyconvexity holds for isotropic functions on GL+(2)\operatorname{GL}^+(2) as well, provided their sublevel sets satisfy the corresponding requirements. We negatively answer this conjecture by giving an explicit example of a function W:GL+RW:\operatorname{GL}^+\to\mathbb{R} which is not polyconvex, but rank-one convex as well as isotropic with compact and connected sublevel sets.

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@article{arxiv.2009.09690,
  title  = {A rank-one convex, non-polyconvex isotropic function on $\operatorname{GL}^+(2)$ with compact connected sublevel sets},
  author = {Jendrik Voss and Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba and Robert J. Martin and Patrizio Neff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.09690},
  year   = {2020}
}
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