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Saugata Bandyopadhyay

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arXiv2017

Exterior convexity and classical calculus of variations

We study the relation between various notions of exterior convexity introduced in Bandyopadhyay-Dacorogna-Sil \cite{BDS1} with the classical notions of rank one convexity, quasiconvexity and polyconvexity. To this end, we introduce a projection map, which generalizes the alternating projection for two-tensors in a new way and study the algebraic properties of this map. We conclude with a few simple consequences of this relation which yields new proofs for some of the results discussed in Bandyopadhyay-Dacorogna-Sil \cite{BDS1}.

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arXiv2017

Notions of affinity in calculus of variations with differential forms

Ext-int.\ one affine functions are functions affine in the direction of one-divisible exterior forms, with respect to exterior product in one variable and with respect to interior product in the other. The purpose of this article is to prove a characterization theorem for this class of functions, which plays an important role in the calculus of variations for differential forms.

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arXiv2017

Calculus of Variations with Differential Forms

We study integrals of the form $\int_Ωf\left( dω\right)$, where $1\leq k\leq n$, $f:Λ^{k}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is continuous and $ω$ is a $\left(k-1\right)$-form. We introduce the appropriate notions of convexity, namely ext. one convexity, ext. quasiconvexity and ext. polyconvexity. We study their relations, give several examples and counterexamples. We finally conclude with an application to a minimization problem.

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