Quasiconvexity conjecture for the Korn variational integrand

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Let dd be the dimension, let PSkew(d)P_{\mathrm{Skew}(d)} and PSym(d)P_{\mathrm{Sym}(d)} be the orthogonal projections onto the skew-symmetric and symmetric matrices, and let Gp\mathcal G_p be the function introduced in the paper. For AMd(R)A\in M_d(\mathbb R), consider

Gp(PSkew(d)(A),PSym(d)(A)).-\mathcal G_p\bigl(|P_{\mathrm{Skew}(d)}(A)|,|P_{\mathrm{Sym}(d)}(A)|\bigr).

Quasiconvexity conjecture. The displayed function is quasiconvex at some matrix A0A_0. By homogeneity, quasiconvexity at A0A_0 implies quasiconvexity at 00. This proposed strengthening concerns the variational structure behind the sharp Korn constant and links the analytic inequality to quasiconvexity; the supplied excerpt does not state whether it has been resolved.

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Gabriele Cassese, “Korn's inequality from the viewpoint of calculus of variations”, arXiv:2603.22431 (2026).

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