Variational models for prestrained plates with Monge-Amp\`ere constraint
  We derive a new model for pre-strained thin films, which consists of minimizing a biharmonic energy of deformations $v\in W^{2,2}$ satisfying the Monge-Amp\`ere constraint $\det\nabla^2v = f$. We further discuss multiplicity properties of the minimizers of this model, in some special cases. 
Marta Lewicka, Pablo Ochoa, Mohammad Reza Pakzad
math.AP math-ph math.DG math.MP