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A polyconvexity condition in dimension two

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

H. Hartwig
Affiliation:
Universität Leipzig, FB Mathematik/Informatik, Augustusplatz 10/11, D-04109 Leipzig, Germany

Extract

We state a necessary and sufficient polyconvexity condition in R2X2 for functions of class C1. This condition is applied to f(X) = |X|2(|X|2 −2 det X) for obtaining a convex representation in R2X2 x R.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1995

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