Generic injectivity conjecture for three-dimensional stiffness tensors

Let E(3)E(3) be the space of three-dimensional stiffness tensors, let FF map a stiffness tensor to its slowness polynomial, and write the target as R[p1,p2,p3]\mathbb{R}[p_1,p_2,p_3]. The slowness polynomial is the polynomial associated to the slowness surface of the tensor. Generic injectivity conjecture. The slowness polynomial associated to a generic stiffness tensor in dimension n=3n=3 determines the stiffness tensor; equivalently, the map

F ⁣:E(3)R[p1,p2,p3]F\colon E(3)\to\mathbb{R}[p_1,p_2,p_3]

is generically injective. The paper proves generic injectivity in dimension two and gives partial results for orthorhombic and monoclinic tensors in dimension three, while noting that the full three-dimensional statement remains unresolved in the supplied text.

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Maarten V. de Hoop, Joonas Ilmavirta, Matti Lassas and Anthony Várilly-Alvarado, “Reconstruction of anisotropic stiffness tensors from partial data around one polarization”, arXiv:2307.03312 (2025).

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