English

Constant frequency and the higher regularity of branch sets

Analysis of PDEs 2014-10-28 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We consider a two-valued function uu that is either Dirichlet energy minimizing, C1,μC^{1,\mu} harmonic, or in C1,μC^{1,\mu} with an area-stationary graph such that Almgren's frequency (restricted to the singular set) is continuous at a singular point Y0Y_0. As a corollary of recent work of Wickramasekera and the author, if the frequency of uu at Y0Y_0 equals 1/2+k1/2+k for some integer k0k \geq 0, then the singular set of uu is a C1,τC^{1,\tau} submanifold and we have estimates on the asymptotic behavior of uu at singular points. Using a nontrivial modification of the argument of Wickramasekera and author, we show that the frequency of uu at Y0Y_0 cannot equal an integer and therefore must equal 1/2+k1/2+k for some integer k0k \geq 0. We then use the asymptotic behavior of uu and partial Legendre-type transformations based on those of Kinderlehrer, Nirenberg, and Spruck to show that the singular set in this case is in fact real analytic.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1410.7339,
  title  = {Constant frequency and the higher regularity of branch sets},
  author = {Brian Krummel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.7339},
  year   = {2014}
}
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