Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

M. Santilli

Rectifiability and approximate differentiability of higher order for sets

created by santilli on 21 Jul 2020
modified on 22 Aug 2023

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Published Paper

Inserted: 21 jul 2020
Last Updated: 22 aug 2023

Journal: Indiana Univ. Math. J
Volume: 68 (2019)
Year: 2019
Doi: 10.1512/iumj.2019.68.7645

Abstract:

The main goal of this paper is to develop a concept of approximate differentiability of higher order for subsets of the Euclidean space that allows to characterize higher order rectifiable sets, extending somehow well known facts for functions. We emphasize that for every subset $ A $ of the Euclidean space and for every integer $ k \geq 2 $ we introduce the approximate differential of order $ k $ of $ A $ and we prove it is a Borel map whose domain is a (possibly empty) Borel set. This concept could be helpful to deal with higher order rectifiable sets in applications.