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 $$p&gt;\left\lfloor \frac{n}{2}\right\rfloor $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&gt;</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 $$J_f&gt;0$$ <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>&gt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> a.e. Then we show that f is injective a.e.

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Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
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2025-06-06
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-025-03041-2
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Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
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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 $$p&gt;\left\lfloor \frac{n}{2}\right\rfloor $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&gt;</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 $$J_f&gt;0$$ <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>&gt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> a.e. Then we show that f is injective a.e.

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential EquationsVol. 64(6)
Charles University (CZ), Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ), Beihang University (CN)
Univerzita Karlova v Praze, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grantová Agentura České Republiky, Beihang University, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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