Syzygies, constant rank, and beyond (Q6189694)

The paper is devoted to the study of a system of linear PDEs with constant coefficients. The authors investigate the connection between the nonlinear algebra concept of primary decomposition and the constant rank condition for studying the system of PDEs. From the nonlinear analysis point of view, the authors discuss some problems related to study of weak lower semicontinuity of integral functionals defined on sequences of PDE constrained fields, when the PDE constraints are not of constant rank.