A comparison of the Almgren-Pitts and the Allen-Cahn min-max theory
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Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables) (58E12) Critical points of functions and mappings on manifolds (58K05)
Abstract: Min-max theory for the Allen-Cahn equation was developed by Guaraco and Gaspar-Guaraco. They showed that the Allen-Cahn widths are greater than or equal to the Almgren-Pitts widths. In this article we will prove that the reverse inequalities also hold i.e. the Allen-Cahn widths are less than or equal to the Almgren-Pitts widths. Hence, the Almgren-Pitts widths and the Allen-Cahn widths coincide. We will also show that all the closed minimal hypersurfaces (with optimal regularity) which are obtained from the Allen-Cahn min-max theory are also produced by the Almgren-Pitts min-max theory. As a consequence, we will point out that the index upper bound in the Almgren-Pitts setting, proved by Marques-Neves and Li, can also be obtained from the index upper bound in the Allen-Cahn setting, proved by Gaspar and Hiesmayr.
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