On the Smallest Number of Functions Representing Isotropic Functions of Scalars, Vectors and Tensors

DOI10.1093/QJMAM/HBAC022MaRDI QIDQ6153546zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors M. H. B. M. Shariff

Publication date 14 February 2024

Published in The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.09617

zbMATH Keywords

tensorsinvariantsisotropic functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multilinear algebra, tensor calculus (15A69) Vector and tensor algebra, theory of invariants (15A72)

Abstract: In this paper, we address the open problem (stated in Pennisi and Trovato, 1987. Int. J. Engng Sci., 25(8), 1059-1065) associated with the irreducibility of representations for isotropic functions. In particular, we prove that for isotropic functions that depend on $P$ vectors, $N$ symmetric tensors and $M$ non-symmetric tensors (a) the number of irreducible invariants for a scalar-valued isotropic function is $3P+9M+6N-3$ (b) the number of irreducible vectors for a vector-valued isotropic function is $3$ and (c) the number of irreducible tensors for a tensor-valued isotropic function is at most $9$. The irreducible numbers in given (a), (b) and (c) are much lower than those obtained in the literature. This significant reduction in the number of irreducible scalar/vector/tensor-valued functions have the potential to substantially simplify modelling complexity.

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