Quasiconvexity conjecture for radially symmetric effective Hamiltonians

Assume that H(p)=φ(p)H(p)=\varphi(|p|), where φ:[0,)R\varphi:[0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R} satisfies (H7), and let

0=s0<s1<<s2m<=s2m+10=s_0<s_1<\cdots<s_{2m}<\infty=s_{2m+1}

be the associated sequence, with Mi=φ(s2i1)M_i=\varphi(s_{2i-1}) and mj=φ(s2j)m_j=\varphi(s_{2j}). Suppose also that φ(0)=minφ=0\varphi(0)=\min\varphi=0 and that VC(Tn)V\in C(\mathbb{T}^n). Let H\overline{H} denote the effective Hamiltonian associated with H(p)V(x)H(p)-V(x). Quasiconvexity conjecture. If

oscTnV=maxTnVminTnVmaxi,j(Mimj),\operatorname{osc}_{\mathbb{T}^n}V=\max_{\mathbb{T}^n}V-\min_{\mathbb{T}^n}V\geq\max_{i,j}(M_i-m_j),

then H\overline{H} is quasiconvex. When n=1n=1, this conjecture is known, while the multidimensional case is described as challenging and remains open.

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Jianliang Qian, Hung V. Tran and Yifeng Yu, “Min-max formulas and other properties of certain classes of nonconvex effective Hamiltonians”, arXiv:1701.01065 (2017).

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