Characterization of the critical points for the free energy of a Cosserat problem

Abstract

Using the embedded gradient vector field method we explicitly compute the list of critical points of the free energy for a Cosserat body model. We also formulate necessary and sufficient conditions for critical points in the abstract case of the special orthogonal group SO(n). Each critical point is then characterized using an explicit formula for the Hessian operator of a cost function defined on the orthogonal group. We also give a positive answer to an open question posed in L. Borisov, A. Fischle, P. Neff, "Optimality of the relaxed polar factors by a characterization of the set of real square roots of real symmetric matrices", ZAMM (2019), namely if all local minima of the optimization problem are global minima. We point out a few examples with physical relevance, in contrast to some theoretical (mathematical) situations that do not hold such a relevance.

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