Degeneration of 7-dimensional minimal hypersurfaces which are stable or have a bounded index (Q6583723)

In this paper the author investigates the behavior of sequences of 7-dimensional area-minimizing embedded hypersurfaces: in particular, the main question is how can the topology of the elements of the sequence degenerate close to a singularity of the limit surface. Here the author tries to find an answer to this question. Precisely, the starting point is a sequence of 7-dimensional minimal hypersurfaces that are area-minimizing, stable or with bounded index, which converge to a limit surface as varifolds. The main result of the paper deals with the geometry, the topology and the possible singular set of the limit surface. As a consequence, the author obtains a classification of suitable smooth, closed and embedded minimal hypersurfaces in 8-dimensional closed and Riemannian manifolds.