On homotopy conditions and the existence of multiple equilibria in finite elasticity

DOI10.1017/S0308210500029929zbMath0878.73025MaRDI QIDQ4349176

Sivaloganathan, Jeyabal, K. D. E. Post

Publication date: 11 August 1997

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

weak convergencepolyconvexitynonconvex domaindisplacement boundary value problemexistence of local minimisershomotopy classes of deformations

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