Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

Rigid maps and origami: Dirichlet problem for maps with orthogonal gradient

created by gelli on 12 Nov 2007

21 nov 2007

Abstract.

Sala delle Riunioni Dipartimento di Matematica--ore 17.00

Title: Rigid maps and origami: Dirichlet problem for maps with orthogonal gradient

Abstract: Rigid maps are Lipschitz functions such that the gradient is almost everywhere an orthogonal matrix. A particular case of rigid maps can be described experimentally by means of origami, the japanese art of paper folding. We will show how to construct rigid maps with given boundary data, by means of particular origami constructions.