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Questions on the calculus of variations, which deals with the optimization of functionals mostly defined on infinite dimensional spaces.

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Is there a variational interpretation for the equation $\operatorname{div}(\star \circ \bigw...

$\newcommand{\id}{\operatorname{Id}} \newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\TM}{\operatorname{TM}} \newcommand{\Hom}{\operatorname{Hom}} \newcommand{\Cof}{\operatorname{Cof}} \newcommand{\Det}{\oper …
10 votes
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How to shrink a square with minimal distortion?

$\newcommand{\CO}{\text{CO}_2}$ $\newcommand{\euc}{\mathfrak{e}}$ $\newcommand{\SO}{\text{SO}_2}$ $\newcommand{\al}{\alpha}$ $\newcommand{\dist}{\text{dist}}$ $\newcommand{\Lip}{\text{Lip}_{\text{inj} …
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Is there a concentric map from the disk onto the ellipse with constant sum of singular values?

$\newcommand{Vol}{\text{Vol}}$ Let $c > 2$, and let $0<b<1$ be fixed parameters. Does there exist a $C^1$ monotone bijection $\psi:(0,1] \to (0,1]$, and a $C^1$ function $h:(0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$ that …
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Do asymptotically conformal maps converge to a weakly conformal map?

$\newcommand{\CO}{\text{CO}_2}$ $\newcommand{\SO}{\text{SO}_2}$ $\newcommand{\dist}{\text{dist}}$ $\newcommand{\M}{\mathcal{M}}$ $\newcommand{\N}{\mathcal{N}}$ Let $\M,\N$ be two-dimensional smooth, c …
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Does a sequence of Jacobians converge to the 'correct' continuous part plus some controlled ...

$\newcommand{\M}{\mathcal{M}}$ $\newcommand{\N}{\mathcal{N}}$ Let $\M,\N$ be two-dimensional smooth, compact, connected, oriented Riemannian manifolds. (with or without boundaries). Let $f_n \in W^{1, …
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1 answer
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Does weak continuity of Jacobians hold for non nondegenerate maps?

$\newcommand{\M}{\mathcal{M}}$ $\newcommand{\N}{\mathcal{N}}$ Let $\M,\N$ be two-dimensional smooth, compact, connected, oriented Riemannian manifolds. (with or without boundaries). Let $f_n \rightha …
1 vote
1 answer
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Is a locally invertible weak limit of injective maps injective almost everywhere?

This is a cross-post. Let $\Omega_1,\Omega_2 \subseteq \mathbb R^2$ be open, connected, bounded, with non-empty $C^1$ boundaries. Let $f_n:\bar\Omega_1 \to \bar\Omega_2$ be Lipschitz injective maps wi …
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Is $L^1$ strong convergence of Jacobians valid for maps between manifolds?

$\newcommand{\M}{\mathcal{M}}$ $\newcommand{\N}{\mathcal{N}}$ $\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}}$ $\newcommand{\Vol}{\operatorname{Vol}}$ $\newcommand{\Det}{\operatorname{Det}}$ $\newcommand{\Volm}{\operato …
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Does there exist an injective Lipschitz map on the disk whose gradient switches between two ...

While solving a problem in calculus of variations, I came to the following question: Let $A,B$ be two real $2 \times 2$ matrices with positive determinants, and suppose that $\operatorname{rank}(A-B)= …
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The distributional gradient of the closest isometry to the differential of a smooth map

The setting-a "linear algebra" fact: Let $A$ be a real $n \times n$ matrix, and suppose that $\det A<0$ and that the singular values of $A$ are distinct. Then, there exist a unique matrix $Q(A) \in \ …
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Characterising critical points of $E(f)=\int_{M}| \bigwedge^2 df|^2 \text{Vol}_{M}$

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3 votes
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Does there exist energy-minimizing immersions?

This is a cross-post. Let $M,N$ be $d$-dimensional oriented Riemannian manifolds, possibly with boundary, $M$ compact. Let $E_d:C^{\infty}(M,N) \to \mathbb{R}$ be the $d$-energy, i.e. $$ E_d(f)=\int …
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Conformal $L^p$ rigidity of Riemannian manifolds

$\newcommand{\M}{\mathcal{M}}$ $\newcommand{\N}{\mathcal{N}}$ $\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}}$ $\newcommand{\CO}[1]{\text{CO}(#1)}$ $\newcommand{\dist}{\operatorname{dist}}$ $\newcommand{\g}{\mathfrak{g} …
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Has this logarithmic volume functional been studied?

$\newcommand{\M}{\mathcal{M}} \newcommand{\N}{\mathcal{N}} \newcommand{\VolM}{\text{Vol}_{\M}} \newcommand{\VolN}{\text{Vol}_{\N}}$ This question is mainly a reference request. (It is a cross-post fro …
4 votes
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A simple proof that all the symmetries of the Dirichlet energy are conformal

This is a cross-post. It seems to be folklore knowledge that all the (source) symmetries of the $d$-Dirichlet energy are conformal maps. Specifically, I have found this nice proof for the following …

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