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The nonlinear membrane model: Variational derivation under the constraint "det$\nabla u\not=0$"

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Acerbi, Buttazzo and Percivale gave a variational definition of the nonlinear string energy under the constraint "detu>0\nabla u>0" (see [1]). In the same spirit, we obtain the nonlinear membrane energy under the simpler constraint "detu0\nabla u\not=0".

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0504169,
  title  = {The nonlinear membrane model: Variational derivation under the constraint "det$\nabla u\not=0$"},
  author = {Omar Anza Hafsa and Jean-Philippe Mandallena},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0504169},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

16 pages, submitted to Journal de Mathematiques pures et appliquees on 8 October, 2004

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