The fine-property conjecture for functions in deviatoric bounded deformation

Let Ω\Omega be the domain, let BDdev(Ω)\mathrm{BD}_{\mathrm{dev}}(\Omega) denote the space of functions with deviatoric bounded deformation, and let Edu\mathcal{E}_d u be the deviatoric symmetric-gradient measure of uu. Denote by SuS_u the set of points where uu is not approximately continuous, and by JuJ_u its jump set.

Fine-property conjecture. For all uBDdev(Ω)u\in \mathrm{BD}_{\mathrm{dev}}(\Omega), one has

Edu(SuJu)=0.|\mathcal{E}_d u|(S_u\setminus J_u)=0.

This conjecture asks whether the deviatoric symmetric-gradient measure charges the set of non-approximately-continuous points only on the jump set, as happens for functions in BD\mathrm{BD} and BV\mathrm{BV}. It remains open because the usual slicing method does not generally produce one-dimensional BV\mathrm{BV} slices for BDdev\mathrm{BD}_{\mathrm{dev}} functions.

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Marco Caroccia and Nicolas Van Goethem, “Rigidity and functional properties of BD_dev(Ω)”, arXiv:2505.23348 (2025).

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