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A Rough Divergence Theorem

Analysis of PDEs 2025-10-29 v2

Abstract

A generalized divergence theorem is established allowing for domains with inner boundaries. The normal trace of a rough integrand is not a Radon measure; rather, the boundary integral is expressed via a surface functional continuous with respect to the uniform convergence of integrands. We provide necessary and sufficient analytic and geometric conditions on the domain for the validity of the theorem. Central to this characterization is the introduction of the space of functions having bounded fluctuation, whose norm is precisely defined so that the divergence theorem holds if and only if the characteristic function χU\chi_U of the integration domain URmU \subset \R^m has finite norm.

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@article{arxiv.2506.09978,
  title  = {A Rough Divergence Theorem},
  author = {Thomas Ruf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.09978},
  year   = {2025}
}