Sequential weak approximation for maps of finite Hessian energy

DOI10.1007/S00526-015-0881-7zbMATH Open1455.46035arXiv1305.7315OpenAlexW1568997304WikidataQ125693422 ScholiaQ125693422MaRDI QIDQ889727FDOQ889727

Tristan Rivière, Robert Hardt

Publication date: 9 November 2015

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Consider the space $W^{2,2}(Omega;N)$ of second order Sobolev mappings $v$ from a smooth domain $Omegasubset{R}^m$ to a compact Riemannian manifold $N$ whose Hessian energy $in{t}_{O}mega|abl{a}^{2}v{|}^2,dx$ is finite. Here we are interested in relations between the topology of $N$ and the $W^{2,2}$ strong or weak approximability of a $W^{2,2}$ map by a sequence of smooth maps from $Omega$ to $N$. We treat in detail $W^{2,2}(B^5,S^3)$ where we establish the underline{sequential weak} $W^{2,2}$ density of $W^{2,2}(B^5,S^3)cap{mathcalC}^{i}nfty$. The strong $W^{2,2}$ approximability of higher order Sobolev maps has been studied in the recent preprint cite{BPV} of P. Bousquet, A. Ponce, and J. Van Schaftigen. For an individual map $vin{W}^{2,2}(B^5,S^3)$, we define a number $L(v)$ which is approximately the total length required to connect the isolated singularities of a strong approximation $u$ of $v$ either to each other or to $p{B}^5$. Then $L(v)=0$ if and only if $v$ admits $W^{2,2}$ strongly approximable by smooth maps. Our critical result, obtained by constructing specific curves connecting the singularities of $u$, is the bound $L(u)leqcin{t}_{B^5}|abl{a}^{2}u{|}^2,dx$. This allows us to construct, for the given Sobolev map $vin{W}^{2,2}(B^5,S^3)$, the desired $W^{2,2}$ weakly approximating sequence of smooth maps. To find suitable connecting curves for $u$, one uses the twisting of a $u$ pull-back normal framing of a suitable level surface of $u$

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.7315

zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldweak approximationSobolev mapping

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continuous and differentiable maps in nonlinear functional analysis (46T20) Sobolev spaces and other spaces of ``smooth functions, embedding theorems, trace theorems (46E35) Manifolds of mappings (58D15)

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