A NNALES DE LA FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE T OULOUSE
B ERNARD D ACOROGNA H IDEYUKI K OSHIGOE
On the different notions of convexity for rotationally invariant functions
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On the different notions of convexity for rotationally invariant functions(*)
BERNARD
DACOROGNA(1)
and HIDEYUKIKOSHIGOE(2)
Annales de la Faculté des Sciences de Toulouse Vol. II, n° 2, 1993
RESUIVtE. - Soit R2 x 2 l’ensemble des matrices 2 X 2 et f : 1~2 x 2 .~ IR.
Sous l’hypothèse d’invariance par rotation de f, on montre que les conditions de convexité et de polyconvexité prennent une forme plus . simple qu’usuellement ; alors que ce n’est pas le cas pour les notions de qussiconvexité et convexité de rang 1. On montre aussi que le calcul des dinerentcs enveloppes convexes est aussi facilité sous cette hypothese d’invariance.
. ABSTRACT. - Let R2 x2 be the set of 2 x 2 matrices and f : R2 x~ -~ IR.
We assume that f is rotationally invariant and we show that the notions of convexity and poly convexity are simpler than for general f ; while this
is not the case for quasiconvexity and rank one convexity. We finally
show how this also simplifies the computations of the different convex
envelopes.
0. Introduction
Let
R2x2
be the set of 2by
2 real matrices and be the subset of alldiagonal
matrices. We denoteBy
0 the set oforthogonal matrices,
i.e.where Ut
denotes thetranspose
of U and I is theidentity. By 0~ ~
we meanthat
~ * ~ Recu le 27 jsnvier 1993
1~ Departement de Mathematiques, E.P.F.L., CH-1015 Lausanne
(Suisse)
(2) Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chiba University
(Japan)
We will be interested in
functions f :
:R2 X 2 -.~
IR which arerotationally invariant,
i.e.For such
functions,
we willstudy
the different notions ofconvexity
used inthe calculus of variations
(namely: convexity, polyconvexity, quasiconvexity
and rank one
convexity,
see below for aprecise definition).
Mostexamples
ofvectorial calculus of variations are functions
f satisfying (H).
Inparticular
a very
important
case is the one where(H)
is satisfied for everyU,
V E 0(instead
ofO+ }.
It has beenintensively
studied(see
Ball[2],
Buttazzo-Dacorogna-Gangbo [3],
Ciarlet[4]
orDacorogna [5]
for morereferences).
To illustrate more
concretely
thehypothesis (H),
let h :IR2
--~ IR anddenote
for £
Ej~2 x 2, by I~ l 2
= the Euclidean norm andby det ~
the determinant. Iff
is of the form =h ( ~~ ~Z , det$)
thenf
satisfies
(H).
Our main results will be that to test the
convexity
or thepolyconvexity
of
f,
it isenough
to test them ondiagonal
matrices. Thismight
be insome concrete
examples
animportant computational simplification.
It alsoreduces
significantly
thecomputations
of the convex or thepolyconvex envelopes
of agiven
function.Surprisingly
we will show that these results do not extend to rank one convex functions. We willgive
twoexamples showing
that it is notenough
to infer the rank one
convexity
of a functionf
from its rank oneconvexity
tested
only
ondiagonal
matrices. Moreprecisely
if eitherwe will show that for a certain choice of the
parameters
a andb,
isrank one convex when restricted to
diagonal matrices,
while it is not rankone convex
(on
the whole ofR2 x 2).
Our article is
inspired by
those ofButtazzo-Dacorogna-Gangbo [3], Dacorogna-Douchet-Gangbo-Rappaz [6]
and Iwaniec-Lutoborski[7, Prop.
10.2].
It is divided into fivesections;
the three first deal with the notions ofconvexity, polyconvexity
and rank oneconvexity respectively.
The fourthone is devoted to some results on the different convex
envelopes
of agiven
function
f satisfying (H).
The last onegives
anapplication
of the fourthsection to a concrete
example.
Most of our results can be extended to
Rnxn (n
>2),
but we haveprefered
for the sake ofclarity
to restrict ourselves to the case n = 2.1.
Convexity
ondiagonal
matricesWe first start with
ordinary convexity.
The main result of this section is Theorem 1.1.THEOREM 1.1. Let
f
:R2x2
-~ ~Rsatisfy ~H~.
Then thefollowing properties
areequivalent:
~i~ f
is convex,f
x 2 is convez.d
Remarks
(i) By f
is convex, we mean that for every~,
r~diagonal
matricesand for
every A E ~ 0 , 1 ~ ,
(ii)
This resultmight
not be new, but we are unaware of anyprecise
reference.
Before
proceeding
with theproof,
we introduce some notations(following Alibert-Dacorogna [1]).
Notations. . - Let
Define
Observe that
if (’; ’)
denotes the scalarproduct
inR2 x 2 ~
,Remark. - Note that if
then
Before
proceeding
with theproof
of Theorem1.1,
we prove two intermediate results.LEMMA 1.2. -
Let g : R2
~ IR be convez andsatisfy
Proof
- We first prove that for every a E1R,
x EIR,
b E IR and y El~,
thenIn
fact, using
theconvexity of g
and(1.1),
weget
Similarly
toget (1.4)
we use theconvexity of g
and(1.1), namely
We now prove
(1.2) using
theconvexity
of g,( 1.3 )
and( 1.4) :
Hence the result. 0
LEMMA 1.3. - Let g be as in lemma
1.2,
then there ezists afunction f
: ~ ~R such thatf
is convez,( 1.5)
f satifies ~H~, (1.6)
Proof
- Let us definef
:R2
x 2 --~ ~Rby
of
every £
ER2 x 2 .
Observethat (1.6)
holdstrivially.
To prove(1.7)
we letWe then
get immediately
thatWe
finally
prove(1.5).
For r~ ER2x2
and AE ~ [0, 1 ],
we setNote that
Hence
using
Lemma 1.2 and(1.8)-(1.11),
weget
We now turn to the
proof
of Theorem 1.1.Proof of
Theorem 1.1(i)=~(ii)
is trivial.(ii~ ~ (i~
Forlet
g(a, b~
=f (~~,
Then g satisfies the conditions of Lemma 1.2.Using
thenLemma
1.3,
we deduce that there existsf : R2x2
such thatSince
f
andf satisfy (H),
we deduce thatf
=f on
the whole ofR2x2
and thus the result. Q2.
Poly convexity
ondiagonal
matricesWe now turn our attention to the notion of
polyconvexity.
Let us recallthe definition
(see
Ball[2]
orDacorogna [5]
for moredetails).
DEFINITIONS
~i~
Afunction f
:R2 x 2
-~ IR is said to bepolyconvex if
there existsg
R2 x 2
X IR --~ IR convex such thatWe say that
f
ispolyconvex if
there ezists g :~3
-~ IR convez dsuch that
for
everyWe then have the main result of this section.
THEOREM 2.1. - Let
f
:R2x2
- IRsatisfy (H).
Thefollowing
condi-tions are then
equivalent:
(i) f
ispolyconvex, (ii) f R2
2 ispolyconvex,
d
(iii)
thefollowing
holdsfor
everyAi
E2,
everyai
> 0 with~4 1 .1i
=1,
such thatin
particular if
g :IR3
~ IR isdefined by
then g is convez and
for
every~’
E(iv) for
every ~ E there exist 03B1(~),03B2(~), 03B3(~)
E R such thatfor
every~
E and(. ; .)
denotes the scalarproduct
inR2x2;
inpartucular if
then h is convex and
for ever~y ~
ER2x2.
Remarks
(i)
One should compare this result with that of Ball[2] (see
alsoDacorogna [5])
forgeneral polyconvex
functions. Forexample
from(iii)
we see that to testpolyconvexity
it isenough
to take 4diagonal
matrices instead of 6
general
matrices. In2,
thegain
will beobviously
evenbigger (for example
if n =3,
with a theorem similar to the above one, we needonly
8diagonal
matrices instead of 20general one).
(ii)
A similar observation can be made with(iv).
Proof of
Theorem ,~.1(i~ ~ (ii~
is trivial.(ii) ~ (i) Since fR2x2d is polyconvex,
there exists g R3
~ IR convex such
that
Moreover under the
assumption (H)
onf,
we deduce thatNow set
from which we have
G :
R3
is convex,Applying
Lemma 1.3 toG(’, ’, $),
we find that there exists GR~~~
xtR 2014~ )R such that
G is convex,
(2.8)
=
(03BE,03B4)
for every C0+ and 03BE
~R2x2, (2.9)
(The convexity
of G in(2.8)
is obtainedexactly
as in theproof
ofLemma
1.3.)
In
particular,
it follows from(2.10), (2.7)
and(2.2)
thatfor every a, b E IR
and ~
E~2 x 2 ,
Here we used the factHence
for ~
ER2 x 2
withTherefore f
ispolyconvex.
The
proof
of this is classical and inparticular
identical tothat
of Dacorogna [5,
th.1.3,
p.106~. ~
3. Rank one
convexity
ondiagonal
matricesAs we mentioned in the
introduction,
a theorem as those of thepreceding
sections cannot be
proved
for rank one convex functions. Let us recall first thefollowing
definitions.DEFINITIONS
(i)
Afunction f
:R2x2
--~ IR is rank one convexif
for every t
E~ 0 , 1 ~, ~,
r~ ER2x2
with = 4 .(ii) Similarly f
is said to be rank one convezif
the aboveinequality
d
holds
for
everydiagonal
matrix~
and r~ withr~)
= 0 .Remark. - As well known
(see
thereferences),
wealways
haveBefore
producing counterexamples
to theimplication
fR2x2d
rank one convex ~f
rank one convex(the
converseimplication being trivial)
wegive
a veryelementary
charac-terisation of rank one
convexity
on for someC2
functions.PROPOSITION 3.1.2014 Let
with g E
C2(R2)
. Thefollowing
is thenequivalent
(I) fR2 2d
13 Ta7lk one convex;(i) f d
d x2 is one conuex;(22)
gsatisfies
for
every a, b E IR and whereProof (i~ ~ (u~
Letwith det r~ = x y = 0 and t E IR. Let
Since
f
is rank one convex, thennecessarily 03C6"(0)
> 0. A directcomputation, bearing
in mind that xy =0,
leads toDividing
+y2
andsetting
and
bearing
in mind that xy =0,
we obtain the claimed result.(ii~ ~ (i)
followselementarily
from the aboveproof. 0
Remark. - A similar
computation
is done inDacorogna-Douchet-Gang- bo-Rappaz [6,
prop.1.1].
It shows that rank oneconvexity
on the whole ofR2 x 2
isequivalent
tofor every
(z
y, a,b)
EIR4
withOne sees
clearly
thatProposition
3.1. follows from the above condition ifwe set a?
= a2
+b2 (=~ ~
=ab~.
We may now
give
the twofollowing counterexamples
which areimplicitly
contained in
Dacorogna-Douchet-Gangbo-Rappaz [6, Prop.
1.6 and1.8].
For the
explicit computations
of thefollowing
constantsb1
andb2,
we referto the above paper.
Counterexample
3.1. . - Let b >0,
cx > 2 +2
andThen
is rank one convex ~==~
b ~ b2 (~’~-)
R2 2d
is rank one convex ~b b1 (3.2)
(for
theprecise
value ofb1, b2,
see the abovepaper)
andb2 b1.
.Counterexample
3.,~. . - Let b >0,
a >(9
+5~ ~~4
andThen
is rank one convex 4==>
b b2 ( 3 .3 )
is rank one convex ~=~
b b1 (3.4) (for
theprecise
value ofb1, b2,
see the abovepaper)
andb2 bl.
4. The different
envelopes
We now turn our attention to some
properties
of theenvelopes
of agiven
function
f satisfying (H).
Before
being explicit,
we need one more notion ofconvexity (introduced by Morrey [8]).
.DEFINITION .- Let
f
: --~ IR be continuous. Thenf
is saidto be
quasiconvex if for
every St CIR2
bounded domain andfor
everyu E
IR2) (i. e. u
=(ul, u2) E (C°° (S~)) 2
and hascompact support)
and
for every ~
E2 ~
,Remarks
’
(i)
In minimisationproblems
of the calculus ofvariations,
this is theright
notion. As seenby
itsdefinition,
it is veryhard,
inpractice,
tocheck such a condition. In fact one
always
havef
convex ==~f polyconvex
==~f quasiconvex
==~
f
rank one convex.The reverse of the last
implication
is still open(although
Sverak[10]
hasproduced
acounterexample
inhigher dimension).
The factthat
f quasiconvex ~ f polyconvex
can be found in Sverak[9]
andAlibert-Dacorogna [1].
(ii)
Noteimmediately
that iff
satisfies(H)
thequasiconvexity
off
cannot be infered from the
quasiconvexity
ondiagonal
matrices(since
every continuous function is
quasiconvex
when restricted todiagonal matrices).
For a
given
functionf : R2 x 2 -~ IR,
we define the convex,polyconvex, quasiconvex
and rank one convexenvelope
to berespectively
C f
=convex},
P f
=polyconvex} ,
Q f
=fig quasiconvex), R f
= rank oneconvex}.
Then the
following
is well known( cf. Dacorogna ~5~ ~;
for every A E
R2 x 2 ,
The
following
result iselementary
and we will not prove it(it
is com-pletely
identical to that of Theorem 3.1 ofButtazzo-Dacorogna-Gangbo ~3~).
THEOREM 4.1. -
If f
=R2x2
-~ IRsatisfy ~H~,
then so doC’ f PI,
and
R f
.Less
trivially
we have a better characterisation ofC f
and Pf
whenf
satisfies
(H).
THEOREM 4.2. -
Lef f
:1~2x2
-,~ IRsatisfy (H)
andfor
some a E,Ci
E ~R andfor
every~
ER2 x 2 ,
.(A)
Let g :IR2
~ IR bedefined by
then
(B)
Let h*: R 2 -~
IR bedefined by
and h** :
IR2
-~ IR bedefined by
Remarks
(i)
As in Theorem2.1,
we see that(A) gives
a much easier way tocompute
the convexenvelope
than the usual one. Indeed we needonly
3diagonal matrices,
instead of 5general
matrices(as usually implied by Caratheodory’s Theorem).
(ii)
Theorem 4.2might,
as Theorem2.1,
be knownby
thoseworking
inconvex
analysis,
but we are unaware of anyplace
where it isexplicity quoted.
(iii) (B)
in Theorem 4.2 should becompared
with Theorem 3.2 inButtazzo-Dacorogna-Gangbo [3].
Proof of
Theorem1~.,~
(A) Let g
be as stated. Observe thatby Caratheodory’s Theorem, g
isconvex
( c f. Dacorogna [5,
th.1.1,
p.201])
and because of the invariance off,
one hasg(a, b)
=g(b, a)
=g(-a, -b).
Sosetting for £
Ewe
get
from Lemma 1.3 thatf
is convex andWe now show that in fact
f
=C/
as claimed. To dothis,
we first prove that and then thatf.
Step
~.C f
Oberve
that / ~ f.
This is easy, since forevery ~
e~~,
we can findC
0+
such thatthen
Since
f
is convex and less thanf,
we conclude thatf ~ C f
.Step 2. f 2: Cf
Let as
above ~
ER2 x 2.
Then there existR~
EO+
such thatand thus
using
the definitionof g
and Theorem 4.1 weget
Hence the result.
(B)
This isproved similarly.
Let h** be as stated. Then it is clear that h** is convexh** (a, b)
=h** (b, a~
=h**(-a, -b).
Thus from Lemma1.3,
we
get
that ifthen
f
is convex,rotationally
invariant andTo show that
C f
=f, it
is therefore sufficient to prove thatf C f
andC f f
and this is done as in(A).
0We end up this section with the
corresponding
theorem forpolyconvex
functions.
THEOREM 4.3. - Let
f
:R2x2
-~ ~Rsatisfy (H)
andfor
some a Ej~2 x 2 ~ ~~
y E IR andfor
every~
ER2 x 2 ,
.(A) Let g
:IR3
~ IR bedefined by
then
(B)
Let hP =IR3
~ IR bedefined by
Let hPP :
R3
--~ IR bedefined by
then
for
every~
ERZ
x2 ,
.Remarks
(i)
As in Theorem3.1,
we see that(A) gives
a much easier way tocompute PI
than the usual one(see Dacorogna [5]).
Indeed we needonly
4diagonal
matrices instead of 6general
ones.(ii) (B)
of the theorem should becompared
toProposition
3.3 ofButtazzo-Dacorogna-Gangbo [3].
Proof of
Theorem1~.3
(A) Let g
be as stated. It is clearby Carathéodory’s
Theorem that g :: IR3
-~ IR is convex. Furthermore sincef
satisfies(H),
weimmediately get
thatWe therefore use Theorem 2.1 to
get
G :R2x2
x IR -i IR such thatWe now show that in fact
To do
this,
we first proveG P,f then G > P f
.Step
1. .G P f
Let ~
ER«,
E0+
be such thatThen we have
G(~ , det)
= =g(a, b, ab)
Since G is convex and in view of the above
inequality
we deduce that GP, f
.Step
2.G > P f
Let £ ,
be as above.Using
the definitionof g, P f
and Theorem4.1,
we
get
Thus
(A)
is established.(B)
This isproved similarly.
Let h~’ be as stated. Observe that hPP istrivially
convex and has therequired
invariance toapply
Theorem 2.1. Weget H : R2 x 2
x IR such that(i)
H is convex;Using
the sameargument
asabove,
we deduce that5. An
example
In this
section,
we shallgive
anexample
of how toapply
the above results.Let g :
: IR --~ IR be such thatg(t~
=g(-t)
andf ; .RZ x 2
-~ IR be definedby
We then have the
following Proposition.
PROPOSITION 5.1
Remark. - A similar result holds for g
( 2
+ 2 det~~ .
.Proof of Proposition
5.1We devide the
proof
into twosteps.
Sept
l. . - It followstrivially
from Theorem 1.1 thatSept
2. - In order to conclude theproof,
weonly
need to show thatR f (~~ g** ( (~ i2 -
2 det~~ . Using Corollary
2.2.9 inDacorogna ~5~,
we have that for any ~ >
0,
there exist 03BB~~ [0,1],
03B1~and 03B2~
with03BB~03B1~ +
(1 - 03BB~)03B2~
= x - y such thatNow set
Then
~2)
= 0 andHence
using (5.2)
and Theorem 5.1.1 inDacorogna [5],
we haveLetting 6-
tend to0,
weget
Let ~
ER2 x 2,
then there exist EO+
such thatUsing
Theorem 4.1 and(5.3),
we find thatand thus the conclusion. 0
Acknowledgements
The second author wishes to thank the "Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche" for financial
support
whilevisiting
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