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Optimal smooth approximation of integral cycles

Differential Geometry 2024-11-27 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

In this article we prove that each integral cycle TT in an oriented Riemannian manifold M\mathcal{M} can be approximated in flat norm by an integral cycle in the same homology class which is a smooth submanifold Σ\Sigma of nearly the same area, up to a singular set of codimension 5. Moreover, if the homology class τ\tau is representable by a smooth submanifold, then Σ\Sigma can be chosen free of singularities.

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@article{arxiv.2411.17678,
  title  = {Optimal smooth approximation of integral cycles},
  author = {Fredrick Almgren and William Browder and Gianmarco Caldini and Camillo De Lellis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.17678},
  year   = {2024}
}
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