CONTINUOUS DEPENDENCE ON INITIAL-TIME GEOMETRY FOR A THERMOELASTIC SYSTEM WITH SIGN-INDEFINITE ELASTICITIES

Continuous dependence of the solution to the equations of dynamical li near thermoelasticity on the initial-time geometry is investigated. Us ing a Lagrange identity method and assuming only the major symmetry on the elasticities, but no sign-definiteness, we derive inequalities es tablishing that appropriately constrained solutions depend Holder cont inuously on perturbations of the initial geometry. (C) 1995 Academic P ress, Inc.