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Finite distortion Sobolev mappings between manifolds are continuous

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2017-05-17 v1

Abstract

We prove that if MM and NN are Riemannian, oriented nn-dimensional manifolds without boundary and additionally NN is compact, then Sobolev mappings W1,n(M,N)W^{1,n}(M,N) of finite distortion are continuous. In particular, W1,n(M,N)W^{1,n}(M,N) mappings with almost everywhere positive Jacobian are continuous. This result has been known since 1976 in the case of mappings W1,n(Ω,Rn)W^{1,n}(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^n), where ΩRn\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n is an open set. The case of mappings between manifolds is much more difficult.

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@article{arxiv.1705.05773,
  title  = {Finite distortion Sobolev mappings between manifolds are continuous},
  author = {Paweł Goldstein and Piotr Hajłasz and Mohammad Reza Pakzad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.05773},
  year   = {2017}
}
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