On Symmetric div-quasiconvex hulls and divsym-free \(\mathrm{L}^\infty\)-truncations (Q6075027)

Summary: We establish that for any non-empty, compact set \(K\subset\mathbb{R}^{3\times 3}_{\mathrm{sym}}\) the \(1\)- and \(\infty\)-symmetric div-quasiconvex hulls \(K^{(1)}\) and \(K^{(\infty)}\) coincide. This settles a conjecture in a recent work of Conti, Müller \& Ortiz [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 235 (2020)] in the affirmative. As a key novelty, we construct an \(\mathrm{L}^{\infty}\)-truncation that preserves both symmetry and solenoidality of matrix-valued maps in \(\mathrm{L}^1\). For comparison, we moreover give a construction of \(\mathscr{A}\)-free truncations in the regime \(1<p<\infty\) which, however, does not apply to the case \(p=1\).