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Main Authors: Casey, Emily, Goering, Max, Toro, Tatiana, Wilson, Bobby
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.00589
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author Casey, Emily
Goering, Max
Toro, Tatiana
Wilson, Bobby
author_facet Casey, Emily
Goering, Max
Toro, Tatiana
Wilson, Bobby
contents Characterizing rectifiability of Radon measures in Euclidean space has led to fundamental contributions to geometric measure theory. Conditions involving existence of principal values of certain singular integrals \cite{mattila1995rectifiable} and the existence of densities with respect to Euclidean balls \cite{preiss1987geometry} have given rise to major breakthroughs. We study similar questions in a rough elliptic setting where Euclidean balls $B(a,r)$ are replaced by ellipses $B_Λ(a,r)$ whose eccentricity and principal axes depend on $a$. Given $Λ: \mathbb{R}^{n} \to GL(n,\mathbb{R})$, consider the family of ellipses $B_Λ(a,r) = a + Λ(a) B(0,r)$. We characterize $m$-rectifiability in terms of the almost everywhere existence of the densities $$ θ^{m}_{Λ(a)}(μ,a) = \lim_{r \downarrow 0} \frac{μ(B_Λ(a,r))}{r^{m}} \in (0, \infty). $$ We characterize $m$-rectifiable measures in terms of the existence of the principal values-- and even under the weaker assumptions that $$ \lim_{ε\downarrow 0} \int_{B_Λ(a,εR) \setminus B_Λ(a, εr)} \frac{Λ(a)^{-1}(y-a)}{|Λ(a)^{-1}(y-a)|^{m+1}} d μ(y) = 0 \quad \forall 0 < r < R $$ when $0 < θ^{m}_{*}(μ,a) < \infty$ almost everywhere. We apply the second result to characterize $(n-1)$-rectifiable measures in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ in terms of the behavior of the gradient of the single layer potential to the PDE $L_{A} u = - \textrm{div}(A \nabla u)$ under weak continuity assumptions on $A$.
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spellingShingle Rectifiability and tangents in a rough Riemannian setting
Casey, Emily
Goering, Max
Toro, Tatiana
Wilson, Bobby
Analysis of PDEs
28A75, 42B20, 42B37
Characterizing rectifiability of Radon measures in Euclidean space has led to fundamental contributions to geometric measure theory. Conditions involving existence of principal values of certain singular integrals \cite{mattila1995rectifiable} and the existence of densities with respect to Euclidean balls \cite{preiss1987geometry} have given rise to major breakthroughs. We study similar questions in a rough elliptic setting where Euclidean balls $B(a,r)$ are replaced by ellipses $B_Λ(a,r)$ whose eccentricity and principal axes depend on $a$. Given $Λ: \mathbb{R}^{n} \to GL(n,\mathbb{R})$, consider the family of ellipses $B_Λ(a,r) = a + Λ(a) B(0,r)$. We characterize $m$-rectifiability in terms of the almost everywhere existence of the densities $$ θ^{m}_{Λ(a)}(μ,a) = \lim_{r \downarrow 0} \frac{μ(B_Λ(a,r))}{r^{m}} \in (0, \infty). $$ We characterize $m$-rectifiable measures in terms of the existence of the principal values-- and even under the weaker assumptions that $$ \lim_{ε\downarrow 0} \int_{B_Λ(a,εR) \setminus B_Λ(a, εr)} \frac{Λ(a)^{-1}(y-a)}{|Λ(a)^{-1}(y-a)|^{m+1}} d μ(y) = 0 \quad \forall 0 < r < R $$ when $0 < θ^{m}_{*}(μ,a) < \infty$ almost everywhere. We apply the second result to characterize $(n-1)$-rectifiable measures in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ in terms of the behavior of the gradient of the single layer potential to the PDE $L_{A} u = - \textrm{div}(A \nabla u)$ under weak continuity assumptions on $A$.
title Rectifiability and tangents in a rough Riemannian setting
topic Analysis of PDEs
28A75, 42B20, 42B37
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.00589