Approximation of rectifiable 1-currents and weak- relaxation of the h-mass

Abstract: Based on Smirnov's decomposition theorem we prove that every rectifiable

1

-current

T

with finite mass

m a t h b b M (T)

and finite mass

m a t h b b M (p a r t i a l T)

of its boundary

p a r t i a l T

can be approximated in mass by a sequence of rectifiable

1

-currents

T_{n}

with polyhedral boundary

p a r t i a l T_{n}

and

m a t h b b M (p a r t i a l T_{n})

no larger than

m a t h b b M (p a r t i a l T)

. Using this result we can compute the relaxation of the

h

-mass for polyhedral

1

-currents with respect to the joint weak-

a s t

convergence of currents and their boundaries. We obtain that this relaxation coincides with the usual

h

-mass for normal currents. This shows that the concepts of so-called generalized branched transport and the

h

-mass are equivalent.

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