2-regular points found in spaces with lower Ricci curvature bound.
problem Characterizing points in spaces with lower Ricci curvature bound.
method Analyzing measured Gromov-Hausdorff limits of Riemannian manifolds.
result 2-regular points in interior geodesics of limit spaces are 2-rectifiable.
Study local minimizers of Ginzburg-Landau functionals in high dimensions, showing energy measures converge to rectifiable measures.
problem Investigating minimizers of Ginzburg-Landau functionals in high dimensions with energy bounds.
method Analyzing minimizers with logarithmic energy bounds and considering the vacuum manifold's homotopy classes.
result Normalized energy measures converge to an (n−2)-rectifiable measure associated with a stationary varifold. This article proves that the zero locus of a Z/2 harmonic spinor on a 4 dimensional manifold is 2-rectifiable and has locally finite Minkowski content.
We give a "soft" proof of Alberti's Luzin-type theorem in [1] (G. Alberti, A Lusintype theorem for gradients, J. Funct. Anal. 100 (1991)), using elementary geometric measure theory and topology. Applications to the C2-rectifiability problem are also discussed.
Rectifies singular set of harmonic maps into complex.
problem Regularity of harmonic maps into complex manifolds.
method Proves (m−2)-rectifiability of singular set. result Singular set is (m−2)-rectifiable. Rectifies flat singular points of area-minimizing currents with singularity degree > 1.
problem Rectifying flat singular points of area-minimizing currents with singularity degree > 1.
method Subdividing singular points based on singularity degree and proving rectifiability of points with singularity degree > 1.
result The set of points with singularity degree > 1 is (m-2)-rectifiable.
This paper extends Euclidean theorems to anisotropic settings for varifolds.
problem Anisotropic mean curvature of codimension-one varifolds.
method Proves perpendicularity and locality of mean curvature for bounded anisotropic mean curvature varifolds.
result Anisotropic mean curvature agrees with the approximate mean curvature on the rectifiable part of the varifold.
Harmonic maps to Euclidean buildings have rectifiable singular strata.
problem Understanding the structure of singular points for harmonic maps.
method Defining singular strata and proving rectifiability using the rectifiable Reifenberg program.
result Rectifiability of singular strata for harmonic maps into F-connected complexes. We propose an approach for approximating the partition function which is based on two steps: (1) computing the partition function of a simplified model which is obtained by deleting model edges, and (2) rectifying the result by applying an edge-by-edge correction. The approach leads to an intuitive framework in which o…
Study proves uniqueness of tangent cones for area-minimizing currents in higher codimensions.
problem Understanding the fine structure of singular points in area-minimizing currents.
method Analysis of tangent cones and application of previous work.
result Uniqueness of tangent cones at Hm−2-a.e. points in the support of area-minimizing currents. Consider a nontrivial solution to a semilinear elliptic system of first order with smooth coefficients defined over an n-dimensional manifold. Assume the operator has the strong unique continuation property. We show that the zero set of the solution is contained in a countable union of smooth (n−2)-dimensional subm…
Rectifies flat singular points for area-minimizing currents.
problem Understanding singularities of area-minimizing currents.
method Analyzes countably (m−2)-rectifiable singular points with flat tangent cones. result The set of singular density-Q points is countably (m−2)-rectifiable and has finite upper Minkowski content. Study on singularities in area-minimizing currents, proving unique tangent cones and rectifiability.
problem Understanding singularities in area-minimizing currents.
method Fine excess decay theorems and almost monotonicity of a frequency function.
result Unique tangent cones and countably (m−2)-rectifiable singular set. Study on flat singular points of area-minimizing currents, defining a singularity degree.
problem Understanding the structure of singular points in area-minimizing integral currents.
method Analysis of vanishing sequences of scales around a singular point, defining a singularity degree.
result The singularity degree is independent of the chosen vanishing sequence and has interesting properties.
Brakke flow support is parabolically rectifiable
problem Support of Brakke flow is parabolically rectifiable
method Developed approach to Brakke flow as space-time-Grassmann measure
result Standard convergence of Brakke flows is equivalent to space-time-Grassmann Radon measures
The paper proves an energy identity for harmonic maps near singularities.
problem Analyzing the behavior of harmonic maps near singular points.
method Analyzes sequences of stationary harmonic maps with bounded energy, proving an energy identity near singularities.
result The energy density of the defect measure is the sum of the energies of the bubbling maps.
In the 1980's, Almgren developed a theory of multi-valued Dirichlet energy minimizing functions on n dimensional domains and used it, in an essential way, to bound the Hausdorff dimension of the singular sets of area minimizing rectifiable currents of dimension n and codimension ≥2. Recent work of the second …
Proves regularity for stable varifolds near specific cones.
problem Regularity of stable codimension one integral varifolds near certain cones.
method Develops blow-up arguments and inductively performs finer blow-up procedures.
result Proves C1,α regularity for varifolds close to specific cones. Bernstein theorem proven for 2-valued minimal graphs in 4D.
problem Classifying 2-valued minimal graphs in 4D.
method Analyzing blowdown cones and combinatorial arguments.
result Two-valued minimal graphs in 4D are unions of two 3D planes.
This paper studies the convergence of penalized energy to harmonic maps in Riemannian manifolds.
problem Analyzing the convergence of penalized energy to harmonic maps in Riemannian manifolds.
method Using the penalized energy functional and weak convergence techniques, the paper proves the energy identity for Ginzburg-Landau approximation of harmonic maps.
result The defect measure ν can be expressed as the sum of energies of harmonic spheres for arbitrary manifolds.
In the early 1980's Almgren developed a theory of Dirichlet energy minimizing multi-valued functions, proving that the Hausdorff dimension of the singular set (including branch points) of such a function is at most (n−2), where n is the dimension of its domain. Almgren used this result in an essential way to show t…
Analyzes branch points of area-minimizing currents with non-2 planar frequency.
problem Understanding the structure of area-minimizing currents near branch points.
method Intrinsic frequency function and geometric arguments avoiding center manifolds.
result Establishes higher order asymptotics and topological control near branch points.
New height estimate for area minimizing currents, leading to unique tangent cones and decay properties.
problem Analyzing singularities of area minimizing currents.
method Height estimate, decay estimates, techniques inspired by previous works.
result Locally area minimizing currents have a unique tangent cone at almost every point and decay rapidly to a unique tangent plane at branch points.