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.
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.
New moving plane method for varifolds promotes smoothness from boundary to interior.
problem Promoting smoothness from boundary to interior for singular hypersurfaces.
method Introduced a moving plane method for varifolds, showing smoothness as a conclusion.
result Smoothness and symmetry in the interior can be promoted from smoothness and symmetry at infinity.
Upper bound for Morse index of min-max varifolds.
problem Bounding Morse index of varifolds.
method Proving upper bound for Morse index of min-max stationary integral varifolds.
result Upper bound for Morse index of min-max stationary 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.
The paper simplifies arguments for stationary varifolds results.
problem Height bound and Lipschitz approximation for stationary varifolds.
method Simpler arguments to obtain height bound and Lipschitz approximation.
result Excess decay as a consequence of height bound and Lipschitz approximation.
This paper concerns integral varifolds of arbitrary dimension in an open subset of Euclidean space with its first variation given by either a Radon measure or a function in some Lebesgue space. Pointwise decay results for the quadratic tilt-excess are established for those varifolds. The results are optimal in terms of…
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.
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.
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.
Establishes a boundary maximum principle for varifolds with fixed contact angle.
problem Boundary behavior of varifolds with contact angle constraints.
method Maximum principle for stationary pairs of varifolds with fixed contact angle condition.
result Boundary maximum principle proven for stationary varifolds.
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.
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…
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.
Green functions on stationary varifolds established with inequalities and convergence results.
problem Establishing Green functions on stationary varifolds with inequalities and convergence.
method Extending Grüter and Widman's method, constructing Green functions, using local Harnack inequality.
result Green functions converge for sequences of stationary varifolds converging with multiplicity one.
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.
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. 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 introduces indecomposability for varifolds, leading to geometric consequences.
problem Understanding the structure of varifolds and their connectedness properties.
method Introducing indecomposability and related concepts for varifolds.
result Substantial geometric consequences derived from the connectedness properties of varifolds.
The paper proves smoothness of stationary varifolds.
problem Understanding the smoothness of stationary varifolds.
method Analyzing m-dimensional integer rectifiable varifolds in open sets. result The support of stationary varifolds is C∞ rectifiable. 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…
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.
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…
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. In this work the Isoperimetric Inequality for integral varifolds is used to obtain sharp estimates for the size of the set where the density quotient is small and to generalise Calderón's and Zygmund's theory of first order differentiability for functions in Lebesgue spaces from Lebesgue measure to integral varifolds.
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. 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.
Proves regularity for stable varifolds near cones, expanding previous work.
problem Understanding stable varifolds near singularities.
method Proves C1,α regularity for varifolds in SQ. result Furthers understanding of local structure near singularities.
We develop a suitable generalization of Almgren's theory of varifolds in a lorentzian setting, focusing on area, first variation, rectifiability, compactness and closure issues. Motivated by the asymptotic behaviour of the scaled hyperbolic Ginzburg-Landau equations, and by the presence of singularities in lorentzian m…
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…
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.
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…
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. 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.
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. 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 …
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.
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^…
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.
We prove that every stationary polyhedral varifold minimizes area in the following senses: (1) its area cannot be decreased by a one-to-one Lipschitz ambient deformation that coincides with the identity outside of a compact set, and (2) it is the varifold associated to a mass-minimizing flat chain with coefficients in …
New, shorter proofs for varifolds and flows with improved decay of flatness.
problem Proving regularity theorems for varifolds and flows with bounded first variation and forcing.
method Decay of flatness via weighted monotonicity formulas and viscosity approach.
result Improved proofs with decay of flatness and characterization of blow-ups.
We give a necessary and sufficient geometric structural condition for a stable codimension 1 integral varifold on a smooth Riemannian manifold to correspond to an embedded smooth hypersurface away from a small set of generally unavoidable singularities; when this condition is satisfied, the singular set is empty if the…
For general varifolds in Euclidean space, we prove an isoperimetric inequality, adapt the basic theory of generalised weakly differentiable functions, and obtain several Sobolev type inequalities. We thereby intend to facilitate the use of varifold theory in the study of diffused surfaces.
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…
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.
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…
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.
SVarM uses varifold representations for shape classification and regression.
problem Challenges in analyzing geometric data due to non-Euclidean shape spaces.
method Develops a neural network-based framework for varifold representations of shapes.
result Demonstrates strong performance and robustness in shape classification and regression.