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Geometric Measure Theory and the Calculus of Variations

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Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics
Volume: 441986; 464 pp
MSC: Primary 00; Secondary 28; 49; 53;

These twenty-six papers survey a cross section of current work in modern geometric measure theory and its applications in the calculus of variations. Presently the field consists of a jumble of new ideas, techniques and intuitive hunches; an exchange of information has been hindered, however, by the characteristic length and complexity of formal research papers in higher-dimensional geometric analysis. This volume provides an easier access to the material, including introductions and summaries of many of the authors' much longer works and a section containing 80 open problems in the field. The papers are aimed at analysts and geometers who may use geometric measure-theoretic techniques, and they require a mathematical sophistication at the level of a second year graduate student.

The papers included were presented at the 1984 AMS Summer Research Institute held at Humboldt State University. A major theme of this institute was the introduction and application of multiple-valued function techniques as a basic new tool in geometric analysis, highlighted by Almgren's fundamental paper Deformations and multiple-valued functions. Major new results discussed at the conference included the following: Allard's integrality and regularity theorems for surfaces stationary with respect to general elliptic integrands; Scheffer's first example of a singular solution to the Navier-Stokes equations for a fluid flow with opposing force; and Hutchinson's new definition of the second fundamental form of a general varifold.

• Articles
• William K. Allard - An integrality theorem and a regularity theorem for surfaces whose first variation with respect to a parametric elliptic integrand is controlled [ MR 840267 ]
• F. Almgren - Deformations and multiple-valued functions [ MR 840268 ]
• Michael T. Anderson - Local estimates for minimal submanifolds in dimensions greater than two [ MR 840269 ]
• John E. Brothers - Second variation estimates for minimal orbits [ MR 840270 ]
• Richard W. Carey and Joel D. Pincus - Index theory for operator ranges and geometric measure theory [ MR 840271 ]
• Paul Concus and Mario Miranda - MACSYMA and minimal surfaces [ MR 840272 ]
• Pierre Dolbeault - Sur les chaînes maximalement complexes de bord donné [ MR 840273 ]
• Robert Gulliver - Index and total curvature of complete minimal surfaces [ MR 840274 ]
• Robert Gulliver and H. Blaine Lawson, Jr. - The structure of stable minimal hypersurfaces near a singularity [ MR 840275 ]
• Robert M. Hardt and David Kinderlehrer - Some regularity results in plasticity [ MR 840276 ]
• Robert M. Hardt and Fang-Hua Lin - Tangential regularity near the $\mathcal {C}^1$-boundary [ MR 840277 ]
• Robert M. Hardt and Jon T. Pitts - Solving Plateau’s problem for hypersurfaces without the compactness theorem for integral currents [ MR 840278 ]
• F. Reese Harvey and H. Blaine Lawson, Jr. - Complex analytic geometry and measure theory [ MR 840279 ]
• Gerhard Huisken - Mean curvature contraction of convex hypersurfaces [ MR 840280 ]
• John E. Hutchinson - $C^{1,\alpha }$ multiple function regularity and tangent cone behaviour for varifolds with second fundamental form in $L^p$ [ MR 840281 ]
• Christophe Margerin - Pointwise pinched manifolds are space forms [ MR 840282 ]
• Dana Nance - The multiplicity of generic projections of $n$-dimensional surfaces in $\mathbf {R}^{n+k}$ $(n+k\leq 4)$ [ MR 840283 ]
• Seiki Nishikawa - Deformation of Riemannian metrics and manifolds with bounded curvature ratios [ MR 840284 ]
• George Paulik - A regularity condition at the boundary for weak solutions of some nonlinear elliptic systems [ MR 840285 ]
• Vladimir Scheffer - Solutions to the Navier-Stokes inequality with singularities on a Cantor set [ MR 840286 ]
• Leon Simon - Asymptotic behaviour of minimal submanifolds and harmonic maps [ MR 840287 ]
• Jean E. Taylor - Complete catalog of minimizing embedded crystalline cones [ MR 840288 ]
• S. Walter Wei - Liouville theorems for stable harmonic maps into either strongly unstable, or $\delta$-pinched, manifolds [ MR 840289 ]
• Brian White - A regularity theorem for minimizing hypersurfaces modulo $p$ [ MR 840290 ]
• William P. Ziemer - Regularity of quasiminima and obstacle problems [ MR 840291 ]
• Edited by John E. Brothers - Some open problems in geometric measure theory and its applications suggested by participants of the 1984 AMS summer institute [ MR 840292 ]
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Volume: 441986; 464 pp
MSC: Primary 00; Secondary 28; 49; 53;

These twenty-six papers survey a cross section of current work in modern geometric measure theory and its applications in the calculus of variations. Presently the field consists of a jumble of new ideas, techniques and intuitive hunches; an exchange of information has been hindered, however, by the characteristic length and complexity of formal research papers in higher-dimensional geometric analysis. This volume provides an easier access to the material, including introductions and summaries of many of the authors' much longer works and a section containing 80 open problems in the field. The papers are aimed at analysts and geometers who may use geometric measure-theoretic techniques, and they require a mathematical sophistication at the level of a second year graduate student.

The papers included were presented at the 1984 AMS Summer Research Institute held at Humboldt State University. A major theme of this institute was the introduction and application of multiple-valued function techniques as a basic new tool in geometric analysis, highlighted by Almgren's fundamental paper Deformations and multiple-valued functions. Major new results discussed at the conference included the following: Allard's integrality and regularity theorems for surfaces stationary with respect to general elliptic integrands; Scheffer's first example of a singular solution to the Navier-Stokes equations for a fluid flow with opposing force; and Hutchinson's new definition of the second fundamental form of a general varifold.

• Articles
• William K. Allard - An integrality theorem and a regularity theorem for surfaces whose first variation with respect to a parametric elliptic integrand is controlled [ MR 840267 ]
• F. Almgren - Deformations and multiple-valued functions [ MR 840268 ]
• Michael T. Anderson - Local estimates for minimal submanifolds in dimensions greater than two [ MR 840269 ]
• John E. Brothers - Second variation estimates for minimal orbits [ MR 840270 ]
• Richard W. Carey and Joel D. Pincus - Index theory for operator ranges and geometric measure theory [ MR 840271 ]
• Paul Concus and Mario Miranda - MACSYMA and minimal surfaces [ MR 840272 ]
• Pierre Dolbeault - Sur les chaînes maximalement complexes de bord donné [ MR 840273 ]
• Robert Gulliver - Index and total curvature of complete minimal surfaces [ MR 840274 ]
• Robert Gulliver and H. Blaine Lawson, Jr. - The structure of stable minimal hypersurfaces near a singularity [ MR 840275 ]
• Robert M. Hardt and David Kinderlehrer - Some regularity results in plasticity [ MR 840276 ]
• Robert M. Hardt and Fang-Hua Lin - Tangential regularity near the $\mathcal {C}^1$-boundary [ MR 840277 ]
• Robert M. Hardt and Jon T. Pitts - Solving Plateau’s problem for hypersurfaces without the compactness theorem for integral currents [ MR 840278 ]
• F. Reese Harvey and H. Blaine Lawson, Jr. - Complex analytic geometry and measure theory [ MR 840279 ]
• Gerhard Huisken - Mean curvature contraction of convex hypersurfaces [ MR 840280 ]
• John E. Hutchinson - $C^{1,\alpha }$ multiple function regularity and tangent cone behaviour for varifolds with second fundamental form in $L^p$ [ MR 840281 ]
• Christophe Margerin - Pointwise pinched manifolds are space forms [ MR 840282 ]
• Dana Nance - The multiplicity of generic projections of $n$-dimensional surfaces in $\mathbf {R}^{n+k}$ $(n+k\leq 4)$ [ MR 840283 ]
• Seiki Nishikawa - Deformation of Riemannian metrics and manifolds with bounded curvature ratios [ MR 840284 ]
• George Paulik - A regularity condition at the boundary for weak solutions of some nonlinear elliptic systems [ MR 840285 ]
• Vladimir Scheffer - Solutions to the Navier-Stokes inequality with singularities on a Cantor set [ MR 840286 ]
• Leon Simon - Asymptotic behaviour of minimal submanifolds and harmonic maps [ MR 840287 ]
• Jean E. Taylor - Complete catalog of minimizing embedded crystalline cones [ MR 840288 ]
• S. Walter Wei - Liouville theorems for stable harmonic maps into either strongly unstable, or $\delta$-pinched, manifolds [ MR 840289 ]
• Brian White - A regularity theorem for minimizing hypersurfaces modulo $p$ [ MR 840290 ]
• William P. Ziemer - Regularity of quasiminima and obstacle problems [ MR 840291 ]
• Edited by John E. Brothers - Some open problems in geometric measure theory and its applications suggested by participants of the 1984 AMS summer institute [ MR 840292 ]
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