On the convergence of almost minimal sets for the Hausdorff and varifold topologies (Q2281158)

The paper under review investigates convergence properties of quasiminimal sets in \(\mathbb{R}^n\). The class of quasiminimal sets \(\mathrm{QM}(U,M,h)\) with constant \(M\) and nondecreasing function \(h:[0,\infty[\rightarrow [0,\infty]\) is more general than the class of almost minimising sets with gauge function \(h\). It is established in Theorem~2.4 of the paper that if a sequence \(\{E_k\}\subset\mathrm{QM}(U,M_k,h_k)\) converges in the local Hausdorff distance to some set \(E\subset U\), such that the limsup of \(\{M_k\}\) is finite and the limsup of \(\{h_k\}\) has small enough value at \(0+\), and if the total Hausdorff measure of \(\{E_k\}\) tends to that of \(E\), then \(\{E_k\}\) also converges to \(E\) in the varifold sense. In addition, it is proved in this paper that sets of positive reach in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) -- in particular, compact \(C^{1,1}\)-Euclidean submanifolds -- are almost minimal sets away from the boundary. The above results altogether yield a varifold convergence criterion for \(C^{1,1}\)-submanifolds with reaches uniformly bounded away from zero. See Corollary~3.4 in the paper under review. Examples are provided in \S 5 to illustrate the subtleties in different modes of convergence, \emph{e.g.}, Hausdorff convergence, varifold convergence, and convergence of total mass.