The conjecture that the quadratic supremum equals the sharp lower bound

Let GG be the energy function and let M2(λ,c0)M_2(\lambda,c_0) denote the corresponding supremum, with parameters λ>0\lambda>0 and c0>0c_0>0. Quadratic-supremum conjecture. For all λ>0\lambda>0 and c0>0c_0>0,

M2(λ,c0)=2.M_2(\lambda,c_0)=\sqrt{2}.

The claim is motivated by numerical calculations showing that M2(λ,0)M_2(\lambda,0) differs from 2\sqrt{2} by approximately 2.7×1092.7\times 10^{-9} for λ[1,2]\lambda\in[1,2], while the established bounds give M2(λ,0)M2(λ,c0)2M_2(\lambda,0)\geq M_2(\lambda,c_0)\geq\sqrt{2}.

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Primary source

Jonathan J. Bevan and Jonathan H. B. Deane, “A calibration method for estimating critical cavitation loads from below in 3D nonlinear elasticity”, arXiv:1707.08532 (2017).

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