An extension of a theorem of Bers and Finn on the removability of isolated singularities to the Euler-Lagrange equations related to general linear growth problems

DOI10.1007/S00526-022-02187-7zbMATH Open1489.35081arXiv2103.16133OpenAlexW3152277942WikidataQ113904943 ScholiaQ113904943MaRDI QIDQ2127334FDOQ2127334

Authors: M. Bildhauer, M. Fuchs 

Publication date: 20 April 2022

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A famous theorem of Bers and Finn states that isolated singularities of solutions to the non-parametric minimal surface equation are removable. We show that this result remains valid, if the area functional is replaced by a general functional of linear growth depending on the modulus of the gradient. We emphasize that Serrin ([1]) in fact proved the removability of singularities on sets of $(n-1)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure zero in an even more general setting. Our main interest is to generalize the comparison principles as outlined, for instance, in Section 10 of [2] without having the particular geometric structure of minimal surfaces. It turns out that generalized catenoids serve as an appropriate tool for proving our results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.16133

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zbMATH Keywords

Euler-Lagrange equationremovable singularities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear elliptic equations (35J60) Continuation and prolongation of solutions to PDEs (35B60) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Second-order elliptic equations (35J15)

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