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Relaxation of Quasilinear Elliptic SystemsviaA-quasiconvex Envelopes

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We consider the weak closure WZof the set Z of all feasible pairs (solution, flow) of the family of potential elliptic systems div s0 s=1 s(x)F 0 s(ru(x )+ g(x)) f(x) =0i n; u =( u1;:::;um)2 H 1 0 (; R m ) ; =( 1;:::;s 0 )2 S; where R n is a bounded Lipschitz domain, Fs are strictly convex smooth functions with quadratic growth and S =f measurable j s(x )=0o r 1 ;s =1 ;:::;s0 ;1(x )+ +s0 (x )=1 g .W e show that WZis the zero level set for an integral functional with the integrand QF being the A-quasiconvex envelope for a certain functionF and the operator A = (curl,div) m . If the functions Fs are isotropic, then on the characteristic cone (dened by the operator A) QF coincides with the A-polyconvex envelope ofF and can be computed by means of rank-one laminates.