Constancy of the index for gradient mappings

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author Guerra, André
Tione, Riccardo
author_facet Guerra, André
Tione, Riccardo
contents We show that if the Hessian of a $C^{1,1}$ function has uniformly positive determinant almost everywhere then its index is locally constant, as conjectured by Šverák in 1992. We deduce this result as a consequence of a more general theorem valid for quasiregular gradient mappings.
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spellingShingle Constancy of the index for gradient mappings
Guerra, André
Tione, Riccardo
Analysis of PDEs
Complex Variables
Differential Geometry
We show that if the Hessian of a $C^{1,1}$ function has uniformly positive determinant almost everywhere then its index is locally constant, as conjectured by Šverák in 1992. We deduce this result as a consequence of a more general theorem valid for quasiregular gradient mappings.
title Constancy of the index for gradient mappings
topic Analysis of PDEs
Complex Variables
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03906