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polyconvexity

noun

Etymology

From poly- + convexity.

  1. derived from convexus
  2. borrowed from convexe
  3. suffixed as convexity — “convex + ity”
  4. prefixed as polyconvexity — “poly + convexity”

Definitions

  1. A generalization of the notion of convexity for functions defined on spaces of matrices.

    • Thus we negatively answer Morrey's conjecture in the subclass of isochoric nonlinear energies, since polyconvexity implies quasiconvexity.

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