On Rank-One Convex Functions that are homogeneous of Degree One

Abstract

We show that positively $1$--homogeneous rank one convex functions are convex at $0$ and at matrices of rank one. The result is a special case of an abstract convexity result that we establish for positively $1$--homogeneous directionally convex functions defined on an open convex cone in a finite dimensional vector space. From these results we derive a number of consequences including various generalizations of the Ornstein $\LL^1$ non inequalities. Most of the results were announced in ({\em C.~R.~Acad.~Sci.~Paris, Ser.~I 349 (2011), 407--409}).