Sharpness conjecture for the Hankel–Korn inequality

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Let dd be the dimension, let cmathcalH(d)cmathcal H(d) denote the Hankel subspace, and let p=max{p,p/(p1)}p^*=\max\{p,p/(p-1)\} be the conjugate exponent. Write C(H(d),p)C(\mathcal H(d),p) for the optimal LpL^p Hankel–Korn constant and Crc(H(d),p)C^{\mathrm{rc}}(\mathcal H(d),p) for the corresponding rank-one-convex constant. Sharpness conjecture. One has

C(H(d),p)=Crc(H(d),p)=C(H(d),2)(p1).C(\mathcal H(d),p)=C^{\mathrm{rc}}(\mathcal H(d),p)=C(\mathcal H(d),2)(p^*-1).

The preceding bounds establish the upper estimate for the rank-one-convex constant and the lower estimate Crc(H(d),p)p1C^{\mathrm{rc}}(\mathcal H(d),p)\geq p^*-1; the conjecture asserts that these bounds are sharp and that the ordinary and rank-one-convex constants coincide. Its resolution would determine the precise LpL^p dependence of the Hankel–Korn inequality.

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Gabriele Cassese, “Martingales, laminates and minimal Korn inequalities”, arXiv:2512.02784 (2026).

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