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YOUNG MEASURES, CARTESIAN MAPS, AND POLYCONVEXITY

  • Published : 2010.03.01
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Abstract

We consider the variational problem consisting of minimizing a polyconvex integrand for maps between manifolds. We offer a simple and direct proof of the existence of a minimizing map. The proof is based on Young measures.

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