Sets of Finite Perimeter and Geometric Variational Problems: An Introduction to Geometric Measure Theory (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 135)

The Marriage Of Analytic Power To Geometric Intuition Drives Many Of Today's Mathematical Advances, Yet Books That Build The Connection From An Elementary Level Remain Scarce. This Engaging Introduction To Geometric Measure Theory Bridges Analysis And Geometry, Taking Readers From Basic Theory To Some Of The Most Celebrated Results In Modern Analysis. The Theory Of Sets Of Finite Perimeter Provides A Simple And Effective Framework. Topics Covered Include Existence, Regularity, Analysis Of Singularities, Characterization And Symmetry Results For Minimizers In Geometric Variational Problems, Starting From The Basics About Hausdorff Measures In Euclidean Spaces And Ending With Complete Proofs Of The Regularity Of Area-minimizing Hypersurfaces Up To Singular Sets Of Codimension 8. Explanatory Pictures, Detailed Proofs, Exercises And Remarks Providing Heuristic Motivation And Summarizing Difficult Arguments Make This Graduate-level Textbook Suitable For Self-study And Also A Useful Reference For Researchers. Readers Require Only Undergraduate Analysis And Basic Measure Theory-- Part I. Radon Measures On Rn. -- Part Ii. Sets Of Finite Perimeter. -- Part Iii. Regularity Theory And Analysis Of Singularities. -- Part Iv. Minimizing Clusters. Francesco Maggi, Universita Degli Studi Di Firenze, Italy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 135 2 CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Preface 14 Notation 18 PART ONE: Radon measures on Rn 22 Synopsis 22 1 Outer measures 25 1.1 Examples of outer measures 25 1.2 Measurable sets and s-additivity 28 1.3 Measure Theory and integration 30 2 Borel and Radon measures 35 2.1 Borel measures and Carath ́eodory’s criterion 35 2.2 Borel regular measures 37 2.3 Approximation theorems for Borel measures 38 2.4 Radon measures. Restriction, support, and push-forward 40 3 Hausdorff measures 45 3.1 Hausdorff measures and the notion of dimension 45 3.2 H1 and the classical notion of length 48 3.3 Hn = Ln and the isodiametric inequality 49 4 Radon measures and continuous functions 52 4.1 Lusin’s theorem and density of continuous functions 52 4.2 Riesz’s theorem and vector-valued Radon measures 54 4.3 Weak-star convergence 62 4.4 Weak-star compactness criteria 68 4.5 Regularization of Radon measures 70 5 Differentiation of Radon measures 72 5.1 Besicovitch’s covering theorem 73 5.2 Lebesgue–Besicovitch differentiation theorem 79 5.3 Lebesgue points 83 6 Two further applications of differentiation theory 85 6.1 Campanato’s criterion 85 6.2 Lower dimensional densities of a Radon measure 87 7 Lipschitz functions 89 7.1 Kirszbraun’s theorem 90 7.2 Weak gradients 93 7.3 Rademacher’s theorem 95 8 Area formula 97 8.1 Area formula for linear functions 98 8.2 The role of the singular set J f =0 101 8.3 Linearization of Lipschitz immersions 103 8.4 Proof of the area formula 105 8.5 Area formula with multiplicities 106 9 Gauss–Green theorem 110 9.1 Area of a graph of codimension one 110 9.2 Gauss–Green theorem on open sets with C1-boundary 111 9.3 Gauss–Green theorem on open sets with almost C1-boundary 114 10 Rectifiable sets and blow-ups of Radon measures 117 10.1 Decomposing rectifiable sets by regular Lipschitz images 118 10.2 Approximate tangent spaces to rectifiable sets 120 10.3 Blow-ups of Radon measures and rectifiability 123 11 Tangential differentiability and the area formula 127 11.1 Area formula on surfaces 127 11.2 Area formula on rectifiable sets 129 11.3 Gauss–Green theorem on surfaces 131 Notes 135 PART TWO: Sets of finite perimeter 138 12 Sets of finite perimeter and the Direct Method 143 12.1 Lower semicontinuity of perimeter 146 12.2 Topological boundary and Gauss–Green measure 148 12.3 Regularization and basic set operations 149 12.4 Compactness from perimeter bounds 153 12.5 Existence of minimizers in geometric variational problems 157 12.6 Perimeter bounds on volume 162 13 The coarea formula and the approximation theorem 166 13.1 The coarea formula 166 13.2 Approximation by open sets with smooth boundary 171 13.3 The Morse–Sard lemma 175 14 The Euclidean isoperimetric problem 178 14.1 Steiner inequality 179 14.2 Proof of the Euclidean isoperimetric inequality 186 15 Reduced boundary and De Giorgi’s structure theorem 188 15.1 Tangential properties of the reduced boundary 192 15.2 Structure of Gauss–Green measures 199 16 Federer’s theorem and comparison sets 204 16.1 Gauss–Green measures and set operations 205 16.2 Density estimates for perimeter minimizers 210 17 First and second variation of perimeter 216 17.1 Sets of finite perimeter and diffeomorphisms 217 17.2 Taylor’s expansion of the determinant close to the identity 219 17.3 First variation of perimeter and mean curvature 0 221 17.4 Stationary sets and monotonicity of density ratios 225 17.5 Volume-constrained perimeter minimizers 229 17.6 Second variation of perimeter 232 18 Slicing boundaries of sets of finite perimeter 236 18.1 The coarea formula revised 236 18.2 The coarea formula on Hn-1-rectifiable sets 22 18.2 The coarea formula on Hn-1-rectifiable sets 244 18.3 Slicing perimeters by hyperplanes 246 19 Equilibrium shapes of liquids and sessile drops 250 19.1 Existence of minimizers and Young’s law 251 19.2 The Schwartz inequality 258 19.3 A constrained relative isoperimetric problem 263 19.4 Liquid drops in the absence of gravity 268 19.5 A symmetrization principle 271 19.6 Sessile liquid drops 274 20 Anisotropic surface energies 279 20.1 Basic properties of anisotropic surface energies 279 20.2 The Wulff problem 283 20.3 Reshetnyak’s theorems 290 Notes 293 PART THREE: Regularity theory and analysis of singularities 296 21 (Λ, r0)-perimeter minimizers 299 21.1 Examples of (Λ, r0)-perimeter minimizers 299 21.2 (Λ, r0) and local perimeter minimality 301 21.3 The C1,γ-reguarity theorem 303 21.4 Density estimates for (Λ, r0)-perimeter minimizers 303 21.5 Compactness for sequences of (Λ, r0)-perimeter minimizers 305 22 Excess and the height bound 311 22.1 Basic properties of the excess 312 22.2 The height bound 315 23 The Lipschitz approximation theorem 324 23.1 The Lipschitz graph criterion 324 23.2 The area functional and the minimal surfaces equation 326 23.3 The Lipschitz approximation theorem 329 24 The reverse Poincar ́e inequality 341 24.1 Construction of comparison sets, part one 345 24.2 Construction of comparison sets, part two 350 24.3 Weak reverse Poincar ́e inequality 353 24.4 Proof of the reverse Poincar ́e inequality 355 25 Harmonic approximation and excess improvement 358 25.1 Two lemmas on harmonic functions 359 25.2 The “excess improvement by tilting” estimate 361 26 Iteration, partial regularity, and singular sets 366 26.1 The C1,γ-regularity theorem in the case Λ = 0 366 26.2 The C1,γ-regularity theorem in the case Λ > 0 372 26.3 C1,γ-regularity of the reduced boundary, and the characterization of the singular set 375 26.4 C1-convergence for sequences of (Λ, r0)-perimeter minimizers 376 27 Higher regularity theorems 378 27.1 Elliptic equations for derivatives of Lipschitz minimizers 378 27.2 Some higher regularity theorems 380 28 Analysis of singularities 383 28.1 Existence of densities at singular points 385 28.2 Blow-ups at singularities and tangent minimal cones 387 28.3 Simons’ theorem 393 28.4 Federer’s dimension reduction argument 396 28.5 Dimensional estimates for singular sets 400 28.6 Examples of singular minimizing cones 403 28.7 A Bernstein-type theorem 406 Notes 407 PART FOUR: Minimizing clusters 412 29 Existence of minimizing clusters 419 29.1 Definitions and basic remarks 419 29.2 Strategy of proof 423 29.3 Nucleation lemma 427 29.4 Truncation lemma 429 29.5 Infinitesimal volume exchanges 431 29.6 Volume-fixing variations 435 29.7 Proof of the existence of minimizing clusters 445 30 Regularity of minimizing clusters 452 30.1 Infiltration lemma 452 30.2 Density estimates 456 30.3 Regularity of planar clusters 458 Notes 465 References 466 Index 474 "The marriage of analytic power to geometric intuition drives many of today's mathematical advances, yet books that build the connection from an elementary level remain scarce. This engaging introduction to geometric measure theory bridges analysis and geometry, taking readers from basic theory to some of the most celebrated results in modern analysis. The theory of sets of finite perimeter provides a simple and effective framework. Topics covered include existence, regularity, analysis of singularities, characterization and symmetry results for minimizers in geometric variational problems, starting from the basics about Hausdorff measures in Euclidean spaces and ending with complete proofs of the regularity of area-minimizing hypersurfaces up to singular sets of codimension 8. Explanatory pictures, detailed proofs, exercises and remarks providing heuristic motivation and summarizing difficult arguments make this graduate-level textbook suitable for self-study and also a useful reference for researchers. Readers require only undergraduate analysis and basic measure theory"-- Provided by publisher The marriage of analytic power to geometric intuition drives many of today's mathematical advances, yet books that build the connection from an elementary level remain scarce. This engaging introduction to geometric measure theory bridges analysis and geometry, taking readers from basic theory to some of the most celebrated results in modern analysis. The theory of sets of finite perimeter provides a simple and effective framework. Topics covered include existence, regularity, analysis of singularities, characterization and symmetry results for minimizers in geometric variational problems, starting from the basics about Hausdorff measures in Euclidean spaces and ending with complete proofs of the regularity of area-minimizing hypersurfaces up to singular sets of codimension 8. Explanatory pictures, detailed proofs, exercises and remarks providing heuristic motivation and summarizing difficult arguments make this graduate-level textbook suitable for self-study and also a useful reference for researchers. Readers require only undergraduate analysis and basic measure theory. (A cura dell'editore)

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