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Multiwell rigidity in nonlinear elasticity

Analysis of PDEs 2016-11-14 v1

Abstract

We derive a quantitative rigidity estimate for a multiwell problem in nonlinear elasticity. Precisely, we show that if a gradient field is L^1-close to a set of the form SO(n)U_1 \cup ... \cup SO(n)U_l, and an appropriate bound on the length of the interfaces holds, then the gradient field is actually close to only one of the wells SO(n)U_i. The estimate holds for any connected subdomain, and has the optimal scaling.

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@article{arxiv.0802.0955,
  title  = {Multiwell rigidity in nonlinear elasticity},
  author = {Milena Chermisi and Sergio Conti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.0955},
  year   = {2016}
}

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23 pages, 3 figures

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