Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

C. De Lellis

Almgren's $Q$-valued functions revisited

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Journal: Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians.
Volume: III
Pages: 1910-1933
Year: 2010

Abstract:

In a pioneering work written 30 years ago, Almgren developed a far-reaching regularity theory for area-minimizing currents in codimension higher than $1$. Building upon Almgren's work, Chang proved later the optimal regularity statement for $2$-dimensional currents. In some recent papers the author, in collaboration with Emanuele Spadaro, has simplified and extended some results of Almgren's theory, most notably the ones concerning $\D$-minimizing multiple valued functions and the approximation of area-minimizing currents with small cylindrical excess. In this talk I will give an overview of our contributions and illustrate some possible future directions.


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