$W^{s,\frac{n}{s}}$-maps with positive distributional Jacobians
Analysis of PDEs
2026-02-24 v1 Differential Geometry
Functional Analysis
Abstract
We extend the well-known result that any , with strictly positive Jacobian is actually continuous: it is also true for fractional Sobolev spaces for any , where the sign condition on the Jacobian is understood in a distributional sense. Along the way we also obtain extensions to fractional Sobolev spaces of the degree estimates known for -maps with positive or non-negative Jacobian, such as the sense-preserving property.
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@article{arxiv.1905.07338,
title = {$W^{s,\frac{n}{s}}$-maps with positive distributional Jacobians},
author = {Siran Li and Armin Schikorra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.07338},
year = {2026}
}