An elementary rectifiability lemma and some applications

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Ian Fleschler, Camillo De Lellis

Publication date: 6 July 2023

Abstract: We generalize a classical theorem of Besicovitch, showing that, for any positive integers $k<n$, if $Esubsetmathbb{R}^n$ is a Souslin set which is not $mathcal{H}^k$-$sigma$-finite, then $E$ contains a purely unrectifiable closed set $F$ with $0<mathcal{H}^k(F)<infty$. Therefore, if $Esubsetmathbb{R}^n$ is a Souslin set with the property that every closed subset with finite $mathcal{H}^k$ measure is $k$-rectifiable, then $E$ is $k$-rectifiable. Our interest is motivated by recent studies of the structure of the singular sets of several objects in geometric analysis and we explain the usefulness of our lemma with some examples.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area, volume, other geometric measure theory (28A75) Hausdorff and packing measures (28A78) Geometric measure and integration theory, integral and normal currents in optimization (49Q15)

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