Regularity of soap film-like surfaces spanning graphs in a Riemannian manifold

DOI10.4134/JKMS.2010.47.5.967zbMATH Open1198.58008arXiv0911.1144OpenAlexW1609874540WikidataQ115215942 ScholiaQ115215942MaRDI QIDQ4929313FDOQ4929313

Authors: Robert Gulliver, Sung-Ho Park, Juncheol Pyo, Keomkyo Seo 

Publication date: 22 September 2010

Published in: Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $M$ be an $n$-dimensional complete simply connected Riemannian manifold with sectional curvature bounded above by a nonpositive constant $-kapp{a}^2$. Using the cone total curvature $TC(Gamma)$ of a graph $Gamma$ which was introduced by Gulliver and Yamada Math. Z. 2006, we prove that the density at any point of a soap film-like surface $Sigma$ spanning a graph $GammasubsetM$ is less than or equal to $$ imeshspace*{-0.178cm} imes$$. From this density estimate we obtain the regularity theorems for soap film-like surfaces spanning graphs with small total curvature. In particular, when $n=3$, this density estimate implies that if �egin{eqnarray*} TC(Gamma) < 3.649pi + kappa^2 inf_{pin M} area({pmbox{$imeshspace\ast -0.178cmimes$}Gamma}), end{eqnarray*} then the only possible singularities of a piecewise smooth $(mathbfM,0,delta)$-minimizing set $Sigma$ is the $Y$-singularity cone. In a manifold with sectional curvature bounded above by $b^2$ and diameter bounded by $pi/b$, we obtain similar results for any soap film-like surfaces spanning a graph with the corresponding bound on cone total curvature.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.1144

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zbMATH Keywords

graphdensitysoap film-like surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Variational inequalities (global problems) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E35)

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