We study the corrector matrix $P^{\epsilon }$ to the conductivity equations. We show that if $P^{\epsilon }$ converges weakly to the identity, then for any laminate $det{P}^{\epsilon }\ge 0$ at almost every point. This simple property is shown to be false for generic microgeometries if the dimension is greater than two in the work Briane et al. [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., to appear]. In two dimensions it holds true for any microgeometry as a corollary of the work in Alessandrini and Nesi [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal.158 (2001) 155-171]. We use this...

We study the corrector matrix $P^{ϵ}$ to the conductivity equations. We show that if $P^{ϵ}$ converges weakly to the identity, then for any laminate $det{P}^{ϵ}\ge 0$ at almost every point. This simple property is shown to be false for generic microgeometries if the dimension is greater than two in the work Briane et al. [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., to appear]. In two dimensions it holds true for any microgeometry as a corollary of the work in Alessandrini and Nesi [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 158 (2001) 155-171]. We use this...