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Weak continuity of curvature for connections in $L^p$

Analysis of PDEs 2021-09-01 v1

Abstract

We study the weak continuity of two interrelated non-linear partial differential equations, the Yang-Mills equations and the Gau{\ss}-Codazzi-Ricci equations, involving LpL^p-integrable connections. Our key finding is that underlying cancellations in the curvature form, especially the div-curl structure inherent in both equations, are sufficient to pass to the limit in the non-linear terms. We first establish the weak continuity of Yang-Mills equations and prove that any weakly converging sequence of weak Yang-Mills connections in LpL^p converges to a weak Yang-Mills connection. We then prove that, for a sequence of isometric immersions with uniformly bounded second fundamental forms in LpL^p, the curvatures are weakly continuous, which leads to the weak continuity of the Gau{\ss}-Codazzi-Ricci equations with respect to sequences of isometric immersions with uniformly bounded second fundamental forms in LpL^p. Our methods are independent of dimensions and do not rely on gauge changes.

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@article{arxiv.2108.13529,
  title  = {Weak continuity of curvature for connections in $L^p$},
  author = {Gui-Qiang G. Chen and Tristan P. Giron},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.13529},
  year   = {2021}
}

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30 pages