Limits of Sobolev homeomorphisms (Q515331)

Summary: Let \(\mathbb{X}, \mathbb{Y} \subset \mathbb{R}^2\) be topologically equivalent bounded Lipschitz domains. We prove that weak and strong limits of homeomorphisms \(h: \mathbb{X} \overset{\text{onto}} \longrightarrow \mathbb{Y}\) in the Sobolev space \(\mathcal{W}^{1,p} (\mathbb{X}, \mathbb{R}^2)\), \(p \geq 2\), are the same. As an application, we establish the existence of 2D-traction free minimal deformations for fairly general energy integrals.