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Rectifiable Reifenberg and uniform positivity under almost calibrations

Analysis of PDEs 2024-05-07 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

The Reifenberg theorem \cite{reif_orig} tells us that if a set SB2RnS\subseteq B_2\subseteq \mathbb R^n is uniformly close on all points and scales to a kk-dimensional subspace, then SS is H\"older homeomorphic to a kk-dimensional Euclidean ball. In general this is sharp, for instance such an SS may have infinite volume, be fractal in nature, and have no rectifiable structure. The goal of this note is to show that we can improve upon this for an almost calibrated Reifenberg set, or more generally under a positivity condition in the context of an ϵ\epsilon-calibration Ω\Omega . An ϵ\epsilon-calibration is very general, the condition holds locally for all continuous kk-forms such that Ω[L]1+ϵ\Omega[L]\leq 1+\epsilon for all kk-planes LL. We say an oriented kk-plane LL is α\alpha-positive with respect to Ω\Omega if Ω[L]>α>0\Omega[L]>\alpha>0. If Ω[L]>α>1ϵ\Omega[L]>\alpha> 1-\epsilon then we call LL an ϵ\epsilon-calibrated plane. The main result of this paper is then the following. Assume at all points and scales Br(x)B2B_r(x)\subseteq B_2 that SS is δ\delta-Hausdorff close to a subspace Lx,rL_{x,r} which is uniformly positive Ω[Lx,r]>α\Omega[L_{x,r}]>\alpha with respect to an ϵ\epsilon-calibration. Then SS is kk-rectifiable with uniform volume bounds.

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@article{arxiv.2405.03593,
  title  = {Rectifiable Reifenberg and uniform positivity under almost calibrations},
  author = {Nicholas Edelen and Aaron Naber and Daniele Valtorta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.03593},
  year   = {2024}
}
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