Constancy of the index for gradient mappings
Abstract
We show that if the Hessian of a C1,1 function has uniformly positive determinant almost everywhere then its index is locally constant, as conjectured by Sver\'ak in 1992. We deduce this result as a consequence of a more general theorem valid for quasiregular gradient mappings.
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