Weak limits of Sobolev homeomorphisms are one to one almost everywhere
Abstract We prove that the key property in models of Nonlinear Elasticity which corresponds to the non-interpenetration of matter, i.e. injectivity a.e., can be achieved in the class of weak limits of homeomorphisms under very minimal assumptions. Let $$\Omega \subset \mathbb {R}^n$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>Ω</mml:mi> <mml:mo>⊂</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> be a domain and let $$p>\left\lfloor \frac{n}{2}\right\rfloor $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>></mml:mo> <mml:mfenced> <mml:mfrac> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mfrac> </mml:mfenced> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> for $$n\ge 4$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo>≥</mml:mo> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> or $$p\ge 1$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>≥</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> for $$n=2,3$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . Assume that $$f_k\in W^{1,p}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>∈</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> is a sequence of homeomorphisms such that $$f_k\rightharpoonup f$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>⇀</mml:mo> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> weakly in $$W^{1,p}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> and assume that $$J_f>0$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>></mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> a.e. Then we show that f is injective a.e.
Authors
- Zheng Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2543-473X)
- Stanislav Hencl
- Ondrěj Bouchala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1348-2817)
Institutions
- Charles University (CZ)
- Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ)
- Beihang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-025-03041-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.50
Funders
- Univerzita Karlova v Praze
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky
- Beihang University
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities