New varifold example shows decomposition failure.
problem Curvature varifolds cannot always be decomposed.
method Constructed a specific curvature varifold.
result Found a varifold with a non-preserved weak second fundamental form under decomposition.
Counterexample and new proof for curvature varifolds.
problem Counterexample to Hutchinson's proof and new proof of C1,α representation. method Alternative proof method and decomposition of varifolds.
result Structure theorem for curvature varifolds with null second fundamental form.
The paper studies the consistency of mean curvature flow via volumetric varifolds.
problem Consistency of mean curvature flow.
method Discretization using volumetric varifolds and derivation of Brakke approximate equality.
result Derivation of a Brakke approximate equality involving varifold masses and approximate mean curvatures.
Sharp lower bound found for integral varifolds' mean curvature.
problem Finding a sharp lower bound for the mean curvature integral of integral varifolds.
method Developed a new approach using integral varifolds and mean curvature.
result A sharp lower bound on the mean curvature integral with critical power for integral varifolds.
Paper provides estimates for varifolds with critical mean curvature.
problem Estimating tilt-excess on varifolds with critical mean curvature.
method Generalizing Lipschitz approximation and Sobolev-Poincaré estimates to almost-integral rectifiable varifolds.
result VMO-type estimates for quadratic tilt-excess on varifolds with critical mean curvature.
Sharp criteria for 2-varifolds to be induced by smooth immersions.
problem Regularity of integral 2-varifolds with square integrable mean curvature.
method Fine analysis of Hausdorff density and recent local regularity results.
result Optimal threshold for Willmore energy leading to curvature varifolds.
Study quantizes energy distribution in inhomogeneous phase transitions.
problem Quantifying energy distribution in inhomogeneous Allen-Cahn phase transitions.
method Analysis of varifolds and convergence of integer rectifiable varifolds.
result Equidistribution of energy between Dirichlet and Potential energy in phase field limit.
Study shows distance to boundary is always attained on varifolds with bounded curvature.
problem Understanding varifolds with bounded mean curvature in Riemannian manifolds.
method Proves a barrier principle at infinity using sharp maximum principles.
result Distance to boundary is always attained on varifolds with bounded curvature.
Generalizes Reilly inequality to varifolds and analyzes equality cases.
problem Extending Reilly inequality to varifolds.
method Generalization of Reilly inequality to H(2) varifolds and polygons. result Analyzed the equality cases of the generalized inequality.
In this work it is shown that every integral varifold in an open subset of Euclidian space of locally bounded first variation can be covered by a countable collection of submanifolds of class C^2. Moreover, the mean curvature of each member of the collection agrees with the mean curvature of the varifold almost everywh…
Compact capillary hypersurfaces with specific curvatures are proven.
problem Proving compactness of capillary hypersurfaces with prescribed mean curvature.
method Extending curvature varifolds to oriented integral varifolds and applying curvature varifolds with capillary boundary.
result Compactness result for capillary hypersurfaces with mean curvature prescribed by ambient functions.
The paper proves regularity for varifolds with bounded anisotropic mean curvature.
problem Regularity of varifolds with bounded anisotropic mean curvature.
method Local anisotropic regularity theorem and touching balls approach.
result Varifolds can be covered by countably many C2-regular submanifolds. We survey - by means of 20 examples - the concept of varifold, as generalised submanifold, with emphasis on regularity of integral varifolds with mean curvature, while keeping prerequisites to a minimum. Integral varifolds are the natural language for studying the variational theory of the area integrand if one conside…
Compactness results for hypersurfaces with mean curvature prescribed by an ambient function.
problem Proving compactness for hypersurfaces with prescribed mean curvature.
method Using oriented integral varifolds and a weak notion of curvature coefficients.
result Locally uniform bounds on second fundamental form lead to compactness.
The paper studies surfaces in a bounded domain with orthogonal boundaries and proves curvature estimates.
problem Estimating the area of surfaces with orthogonal boundaries in a bounded domain.
method Weak formulation of orthogonality for curvature varifolds, classification of vanishing curvature varifolds.
result Existence of an orthogonal 2-varifold that minimizes L2 curvature in the integer rectifiable class. This paper concerns integral varifolds of arbitrary dimension in an open subset of Euclidean space satisfying integrability conditions on their first variation. Firstly, the study of pointwise power decay rates almost everywhere of the quadratic tilt-excess is completed by establishing the precise decay rate for two-di…
In this paper we deal with singular varieties of bounded mean curvature in the viscosity sense. They contain all varifolds of bounded generalized mean curvature. In the first part we investigate the second-order properties of these varieties, obtaining results that are new also in the varifold's setting. In particular …
New varifold solutions for mean curvature flow converge and are unique.
problem Mean curvature flow and Allen-Cahn equation convergence and uniqueness.
method Evolving varifolds coupled to phase volumes, weak-strong uniqueness principle.
result Limits of Allen-Cahn solutions are varifold solutions, and classical flows are unique.
Bi-Lipschitz proof for 2-varifolds near critical Allard condition.
problem Proving bi-Lipschitz homeomorphism for 2-varifolds near critical Allard condition.
method Analyzing 2-varifolds with critical Allard condition and small mean curvature.
result 2-varifold is bi-Lipschitz homeomorphic to a flat disk.
Constructs approximate mean curvature flows for general varifolds.
problem Mean curvature flow for general initial data.
method Approximation of mean curvature flows using varifolds and iterated push-forwards.
result Approximate mean curvature flow converges to a spacetime Brakke flow under certain conditions.
Novel weak solutions for volume-preserving mean curvature flow established.
problem Existence and uniqueness of solutions to volume-preserving mean curvature flow.
method Introducing varifold solutions coupled with phase volumes and new calibrations.
result Uniqueness of classical solutions among varifold solutions.
The paper proves rigidity estimates for varifolds almost minimizing the Willmore energy.
problem Optimal rigidity estimates for varifolds almost minimizing the Willmore energy.
method Analyzes integral 2-varifolds with generalized mean curvature in Rn. result Varifolds are close to the standard embedding of the round sphere in a quantitative way.
Shows smoothness of varifolds with specific boundary angles.
problem Regularity of varifolds with prescribed contact angles.
method Analyzes varifolds with bounded first variation and prescribed contact angles, proving smoothness.
result Support of varifold is a C1,γ hypersurface near the boundary. The present paper is intended to provide the basis for the study of weakly differentiable functions on rectifiable varifolds with locally bounded first variation. The concept proposed here is defined by means of integration by parts identities for certain compositions with smooth functions. In this class the idea of ze…
We prove under suitable hypotheses that convergence of integral varifolds implies convergence of associated mod 2 flat chains and subsequential convergence of associated integer-multiplicity rectifiable currents. The convergence results imply restrictions on the kinds of singularities that can occur in mean curvature f…
This paper introduces first order Sobolev spaces on certain rectifiable varifolds. These complete locally convex spaces are contained in the generally nonlinear class of generalised weakly differentiable functions and share key functional analytic properties with their Euclidean counterparts. Assuming the varifold to s…
New varifolds with capillary boundary properties studied.
problem Understanding varifolds with specific boundary conditions.
method Introducing a Radon measure on a Grassmannian bundle as a capillary boundary.
result Structural properties, monotonicity inequality, and integral compactness proved.
Proves ε-regularity for capillary surfaces in Riemannian manifolds.
problem Regularity of minimal surfaces with capillary boundary conditions.
method Uniform first variation control and ε-regularity theorems for varifolds.
result Capillary varifolds with bounded mean curvature and close to a capillary half-plane coincide with a C1,α properly embedded hypersurface. We consider the sharp interface limit of the Allen-Cahn equation with Dirichlet or dynamic boundary conditions and give a varifold characterization of its limit which is formally a mean curvature flow with Dirichlet or dynamic boundary conditions. In order to show the existence of the limit, we apply the phase field me…
Develops weak formulation for spacelike flows in pseudo-Euclidean space.
problem Weak formulation of spacelike mean curvature flow in pseudo-Euclidean space.
method Based on spacelike integer rectifiable varifolds and pseudo-Euclidean first variation.
result Existence and compactness of spacelike Brakke flows with fixed boundary.
Based on a novel type of Sobolev-Poincaré inequality (for generalised weakly differentiable functions on varifolds), we establish a finite upper bound of the geodesic diameter of generalised compact connected surfaces-with-boundary of arbitrary dimension in Euclidean space in terms of the mean curvatures of the surface…
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.
Paper proves Allard's theorem in Alexandrov spaces.
problem Proving Allard's theorem in non-collapsed Alexandrov spaces.
method Developed an intrinsic proof for Riemannian manifolds, then extended to Alexandrov spaces using approximation theorem.
result Explicit constants for constants in terms of geometric data.
In this work a local inequality is provided which bounds the distance of an integral varifold from a multivalued plane (height) by its tilt and mean curvature. The bounds obtained for the exponents of the Lebesgue spaces involved are shown to be sharp.
We prove that the support of an m dimensional rectifiable varifold with a uniform lower bound on the density and bounded generalized mean curvature can be covered Hm almost everywhere by a countable union of m dimensional submanifolds of class C2. We obtain this result using the …
In a previous paper we developed a regularity and compactness theory in Euclidean ambient spaces for codimension 1 weakly stable CMC integral varifolds satisfying two (necessary) structural conditions. Here we generalize this theory to the setting where the mean curvature (of the regular part of the varifold) is prescr…
We give two structural conditions on a codimension 1 integral n-varifold with first variation locally summable to an exponent p>n that imply the following: whenever each orientable portion of the C1-embedded part of the varifold (which is non-empty by the Allard regularity theory) is stationarity and the $C^…
Alternative proof of weak solutions to mean curvature flow using minimizing movements.
problem Existence of weak solutions to mean curvature flow and volume preserving mean curvature flow.
method Proposes a new existence proof using a minimizing movements scheme and a novel proxy for distance.
result Unconditional convergence towards a De Giorgi solution for the minimizing movements scheme.
For a given family of smooth closed curves γ1,...,γα⊂R3 we consider the problem of finding an elastic \emph{connected} compact surface M with boundary γ=γ1∪...∪γα. This is realized by minimizing the Willmore energy W on a suitable class of competitors. While the direct minimi…
Study phase transitions with prescribed mean curvature in Riemannian manifolds.
problem Understanding phase transitions with prescribed mean curvature in geometric settings.
method Analyzing solutions to inhomogeneous semilinear elliptic PDEs, establishing bounds and asymptotics.
result Established upper and lower bounds for eigenvalues of phase transition problems.
The paper proves inequalities for submanifolds in Riemannian manifolds.
problem Proving geometric inequalities for submanifolds in Riemannian manifolds.
method Using Rauch's comparison theorem and first variation formula.
result General Li-Yau inequality applicable in bounded sectional curvature manifolds.
We address the minimization of the Canham-Helfrich functional in presence of multiple phases. The problem is inspired by the modelization of heterogeneous biological membranes, which may feature variable bending rigidities and spontaneous curvatures. With respect to previous contributions, no symmetry of the minimizers…
This paper proves that classical minimal surfaces of arbitrary topological type with total boundary curvature at most 4πmust be smoothly embedded. Related results are proved for varifolds and for soap film surfaces.
The paper defines and proves the existence of decompositions of integral varifolds.
problem Existence of integral varifold decompositions.
method Introducing and proving the existence of decompositions of integral varifolds into countably many integral varifolds.
result Existence of decompositions of integral varifolds whose first variation is representable by integration.
Graphs with bounded anisotropic mean curvature are regular almost everywhere.
problem Understanding the regularity of graphs with anisotropic mean curvature.
method Proving regularity for m-dimensional Lipschitz graphs with anisotropic mean curvature bounded in Lp. result Graphs with bounded anisotropic mean curvature are regular almost everywhere.
Unified view of monotonicity formulas for inverse mean curvature flow and p-capacitary potentials.
problem Understanding monotonicity formulas for various geometric flows and potentials.
method Refined analysis of p-capacitary potentials and their level sets. result Strong convergence of p-capacitary potentials to inverse mean curvature flow and curvature varifolds. Stable nets on convex hypersurfaces maintain their shape under small perturbations.
problem Maintaining the shape of nets on convex surfaces under slight changes.
method Constructing stable geodesic nets on convex hypersurfaces.
result Stable geodesic nets on convex hypersurfaces do not change shape under small perturbations.
Study min-max theory for hypersurfaces with boundary constraints.
problem Finding minimal hypersurfaces with boundary constraints.
method Schoen-Simon-type regularity result for integral varifolds, proving existence of closed hypersurfaces with specific properties.
result Existence of a closed C1,1 hypersurface with codimension ≥7 singular set in the interior.