Rectifiable-Reifenberg and the regularity of stationary and minimizing harmonic maps

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2017.185.1.3zbMATH Open1393.58009arXiv1504.02043OpenAlexW1528923274MaRDI QIDQ509693FDOQ509693

Aaron Naber, Daniele Valtorta

Publication date: 17 February 2017

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we study the regularity of stationary and minimizing harmonic maps $f:B_2(p)subseteqMoN$ between Riemannian manifolds. If $$x$$ is $k^{th}$-stratum of the singular set of $f$, then it is well known that $dim{S}^{k}leqk$, however little else about the structure of $S^k(f)$ is understood in any generality. Our first result is for a general stationary harmonic map, where we prove that $S^k(f)$ is $k$-rectifiable. In the case of minimizing harmonic maps we go further, and prove that the singular set $S(f)$, which is well known to satisfy $dimS(f)leqn-3$, is in fact $n-3$-rectifiable with uniformly {it finite} $n-3$-measure. An effective version of this allows us to prove that $|ablaf|$ has estimates in $L_{weak}^3$, an estimate which is sharp as $|ablaf|$ may not live in $L^3$. The above results are in fact just applications of a new class of estimates we prove on the {it quantitative} stratifications $S_{epsilon,r}^k(f)$ and $S_{epsilon}^k(f)equiv{S}_{epsilon,0}^k(f)$. Roughly, $S_{epsilon}^{k}subseteqM$ is the collection of points $xin{S}_e^{k}psilon$ for which no ball $B_r(x)$ is $epsilon$-close to being $k+1$-symmetric. We show that $S_e^{k}psilon$ is $k$-rectifiable and satisfies the Minkowski estimate $Vol(B_r,S_{e}psilo{n}^k)leqC{r}^{n-k}$. The proofs require a new $L^2$-subspace approximation theorem for stationary harmonic maps, as well as new $W^{1,p}$-Reifenberg and rectifiable-Reifenberg type theorems. These results are generalizations of the classical Reifenberg, and give checkable criteria to determine when a set is $k$-rectifiable with uniform measure estimates. The new Reifenberg type theorems may be of some independent interest.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.02043

zbMATH Keywords

stratificationregularityrectifiabilityminimizing harmonic mapstationary harmonic map

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43)

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