Dimensional estimates for singular sets in geometric variational problems with free boundaries (Q521675)

In the interesting paper under review, the authors show that the singular sets of free boundaries arising in codimension-one anisotropic geometric variational problems are \(\mathcal{H}^{n-3}\)-negligible, where \(n\) is the dimension of the ambient space. The main result presented improves that of the authors [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 216, No. 2, 473--568 (2015; Zbl 1321.35158)], where it is proved that free boundaries are regular outside closed sets of vanishing \(\mathcal{H}^{n-2}\)-measure. The ``interior part'' of the statement dates back to \textit{R. Schoen} et al. [Acta Math. 139, 217--265 (1978; Zbl 0386.49030)], while the boundary situation is treated by combining ideas of Schoen-Simon-Almgren with the \(\mathcal{H}^{n-2}\)-negligibility result of the authors. As consequence, everywhere regularity in the three-dimensional case follows, and the results of the paper apply to capillarity and relative isoperimetric problems.