Constant frequency and the higher regularity of branch sets
Abstract
We consider a two-valued function that is either Dirichlet energy minimizing, harmonic, or in with an area-stationary graph such that Almgren's frequency (restricted to the singular set) is continuous at a singular point . As a corollary of recent work of Wickramasekera and the author, if the frequency of at equals for some integer , then the singular set of is a submanifold and we have estimates on the asymptotic behavior of at singular points. Using a nontrivial modification of the argument of Wickramasekera and author, we show that the frequency of at cannot equal an integer and therefore must equal for some integer . We then use the asymptotic behavior of 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}
}