On indecomposable sets with applications

Abstract: In this note we show the characteristic function of every indecomposable set

F

in the plane is

B V

equivalent to the characteristic function a closed set

m a t h b b F

, i.e.

| | m a t h b b 1_{F} - m a t h b b 1_{m a t h b b F} | |_{B V (m a t h b b R^{2})} = 0

. We show by example this is false in dimension three and above. As a corollary to this result we show that for every

e p s i l o n > 0

a set of finite perimeter

S

can be approximated by a closed subset

m a t h b b S_{e p s i l o n}

with finitely many indecomposable components and with the property that

and

| | m a t h b b 1_{S} - m a t h b b 1_{m a t h b b S_{e p s i l o n}} | |_{B V (m a t h b b R^{2})} < e p s i l o n

. We apply this corollary to give a short proof that locally quasiminimizing sets in the plane are

B V_{l}

extension domains.

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